"Muslim Americans keep us safe," President Obama said on Wednesday as he visited a mosque in the U.S. for the first time as president. His speech was designed to draw contrasts with rhetoric from some Republicans running to succeed him.

Source: Obama Challenges Anti-Muslim Rhetoric In First Visit To U.S. Mosque : NPR

Father Romas was appointed pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in 1987, and took his small congregation to Brooklyn after the church was destroyed during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Source: The Rev. John Romas, Leader of Greek Church at Ground Zero, Dies at 86 - The New York Times

For Imam Khalid Latif, a chaplain of the New York Police Department, his dining table provides a haven.

Source: A Tabletop Sanctuary - The New York Times

Watch two more women, one a Muslim and one a non-Muslim, participate in World Hijab Day, and see what their experiences are like. Say Muslim Yasmine Ison: “Wearing the hijab [gives] me this whole other freedom that I never had. I started to notice this control I had of myself.” More →

Source: More on World Hijab Day | January 21, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS