SubhanAllah

Tampa woman who lost eight relatives in the 9/11 attacks converts to Islam as tensions simmer from the memories and new terror plots. But she presses on.

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Her mother named her Elizabeth after the queen of England. More than fourdecades later, she took another name: Safia Al-Kasaby, reflecting her newidentity as a Muslima.

Safia, 43, is an unlikely candidate for conversion. She claims Jewish andPuerto Rican ancestry. She is a former sergeant first class in the AirForce National Guard. And she lost eight relatives - one uncle and sevencousins - in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.