By Deepa Fernandes
(SFC CHRONICLE) As dusk fell on Sept. 11, 2001, 3,000 miles from the smoldering World Trade Center site, Shirin Sinnar and her husband rushed to a meeting in the South Bay. Around a table in a well-lit room, members of their local Muslim community attempted to process what had happened through a cloud of grief and disbelief.
“It was clear that this was a colossal event,” Sinnar recalled. “It was mostly a shocked reaction, and confusion around what would come next.”