Twenty-Five Years Ago I Celebrated 9/11. Today I Celebrate America — As A Proud Infidel.

I was 13, sitting in a barbershop in Amman with my younger brother, transfixed by what we were witnessing on the television, when the men around us began to chant “Allahu Akbar.” It took a moment for a dozen grown men to realize what they were watching: a victory for Islam and our people.

As the towers fell, as the Pentagon burned, as the civilized world reacted in horror, we rejoiced — America, the Great Satan, had fallen.