In the middle of the night, Maaria went to her parents’ room twice, unable to sleep, and walked to the living room and checked her family’s security camera.

“He was so mean to us,” she said. “He had a scary face, like a zombie or something.”

“Don’t worry,” he told his daughter, comforting her. “He’s just talk."
He tried to sound convincing. But her nightmare unsettled him.

Many of the family’s Muslim friends have pulled their children out of public school and put them in private Islamic schools..."only way to keep them in a safe environment".