A reader, Asif Samad, recently responded to a column of mine (“Cowards in Washington” Sept. 15), objecting to the term “Islamic terrorism.” He is a Muslim born and raised in America, and his e-mail made me think how it must feel to constantly see your religion and culture connected to hate and death.

I worked for a company recently that recruited Arab-speaking Americans, most of whom were Muslim, to work for the U.S. government.