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When the FBI Detained My Son | Accept the Call
In this excerpt from Accept the Call, Yusuf Abdurahman, a father who left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota, receives a shocking call from the FBI telling him his son Zach was suspected of trying to join ISIS. Angry and heartbroken after they're reunited, Yusuf lights into his son and thinks he's set Zach straight.
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