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Regarding the attacks of September 11, 2001, it is the one question to which all answers have seemed inadequate. For Omar Amanat, that question has been a deeply personal one. Mr. Amanat is an American Muslim who founded Tradescape Corporation, which had its largest branch office in the World Trade Center. That proximity and his desire to understand the actions of his 19 co-religionists prompted an intense period of thought and study... The immediate answer seemed too facile, as Mr. Amanat shared in a BOMB Magazine interview. At a private reception Mr. Amanat attended, President George W. Bush and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani were asked to explain the attack. "One of them responded by saying, ‘These people hate us for our freedom, our plenty, and the fact that our women can wear bikinis on beaches'."... Omar Amanat is the entrepreneur who founded Tradescape Corporation, named one of the top 50 private companies in the U.S. before its sale to E*Trade in 2002. Omar Amanat is a..