The victim of the first hate-based murder in the wake of 9/11 was a Sikh in Mesa, Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom.

It was the first hate-based murder in the wake of September 11, 2001 - one of thousands of reported and unreported hate crimes in the years that followed. The victim: a turbaned Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom. The family is still determined to believe in the American Dream, even as the nightmare continues for many religious and ethnic minorities in a climate of xenophobia and fear. By Rana Singh Sodhi.