Wayland Town Crier 9/5/11: MetroWest Muslims seek understanding after 9/11. Shaheen Akhtar was happily preparing to celebrate her daughter's 20th birthday on Sept. 11, 2001, when al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four jetliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. "The 9/11 attacks changed Muslims' lives tremendously," said Akhtar. "From that time, my daughter's birthday has not been the same. There's no reason to celebrate." Like many of her faith, the Framingham Muslim regards the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks as a time of somber remembrance and prayers for peace after a decade of divisive misunderstanding. She will spend part of her daughter's birthday at the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland, where she has helped organize interfaith services and activities to build bridges among religions still locked in conflict around the world.