The Imam’s Curse
Evan Osnos writes about the Khan family in Florida and Pakistan and how the F.B.I. linked them to terrorism.
Hafiz Khan—an albino with thick glasses and a colorless rush of beard—had moved to Florida from Pakistan in 1994. He spoke no English and rarely left the mosque. The locals called him el viejito barbón; kids called him "the Santa Claus imam." The FBI called him a terrorist.