Generations Grapple With What it is to be Muslim American

The call to prayer bellowed from the living room computer of Barbara and Jamal Zaidan's Houston-area home. It was just after 6 p.m. on a recent Sunday: Time for the third prayer of the day. Jamal got up and walked to the front room, where his prayer rugs lay. His three toddler grandchildren - Noah, Elias and Olivia - ran after him. They followed along as their grandfather stood, bent and bowed to his God, imitating his movements with a few giggles in between. This was the image of Islam that Jamal and Barbara's four children grew up with, and how they viewed their religion: a series of practices and rituals to follow, a list of do's and don't's.