She recounts how innocent Muslims were attacked after 9/11, where they were "torn [from their homes], beaten in the streets [and mosques burned]" (3). According to Mogahed, people treated Muslims as if they were a tumor in the American body. “The only question is: are they malignant or benign” (3)? “A malignant tumor, we extract it completely, and a benign tumor, we monitor it”, just like the Muslims were treated (Mogahed, 3). To support her argument, she illustrates her experience driving through Central America after the attack, crouching as low as possible in her seat, and for the first time, she was afraid to identify as Muslim (Mogahed, 3 ). Finally, Mogahed tells the story of an unhappy young married couple living in North Carolina, where their neighbor Craig Hicks murders them "in their apartment, execution style, after posting anti-Muslim statements on his Facebook page" ( 5). We did not know that such “[sectarian actions are not only immoral, they] can even be deadly” (5). On the other hand, not all Americans are against Muslims; some are actually rational and well-informed. Mogahed illustrates this example by telling the story of Muslims gathering at the mosque on a Friday for prayer. This Friday after the September 11 attacks, the mosque was filled with “Christians, Jews, Buddhists, atheists, believers and those without faith, who came not to attack [the Muslims], but to be in solidarity with them.” » (5). “These people were there because they chose courage and compassion over panic and prejudice.” With a sense of activism, Mogahed asks “what would you choose in a time of fear and intolerance” (6)? That said, Mogahed makes a fourth rhetorical appeal known as kairos, encouraging people to take action and seize the opportunity to provide social support.