 Complete the following phrase:  Amal Kassir was born and raised in Denver, the fourth of five children. Her name means hope in Arabic. She was born to Melissa, an Iowa-German convert to Islam living in Nebraska and Mahmoud Kassir, a Syrian. Her mom had converted to Islam as a teenager. They moved to Denver to join a growing Muslim community. She was passionate for human rights from a young age, as her mother recalled how once when Amal was four and they were cleaning the garage, the child climbed atop the pile of castoff items and began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. She thrust her finger in the air and shouted, And liberty and justice for all! Melissa Kassir recalled. As two years later the terrorist attack against the 