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Twenty-five years after Yusuf Abdurahman left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota \u2014 which has the largest population of Somalis in the United States \u2014 his worst fear is realized when his 19-year-old-son Zacharia is arrested in an FBI counterterrorism sting operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the eyes of an anguished father desperate to understand why his young son would leave his American life behind to attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, <\/span>Accept the Call<\/i><\/b> vividly explores racism and prejudice against immigrants, the rise of targeted recruitment by radicalized groups, and the struggles of Muslim youth growing up in the US today. This intimate film captures the story of a father and son attempting to mend their relationship, after breaking each other\u2019s hearts, showing how a parent’s worry for their children is a universal predisposition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twenty-five years after Yusuf Abdurahman left Somalia as a refugee to begin his life anew in Minnesota \u2014 which has the largest population of Somalis in the United States \u2014 his worst fear is realized when his 19-year-old-son Zacharia is arrested in an FBI counterterrorism sting operation.\u00a0 Through the eyes of an anguished father desperate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":19542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"topic":[1265,1239,1225,1264],"class_list":["post-18815","films","type-films","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-faith","topic-identity","topic-politics-and-government","topic-race-ethnicity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAccept the Call - Independent Lens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An anguished Somali father in Minnesota seeks to understand what led his American son to attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/accept-the-call\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Accept the Call | What Led Somali Father's American Son to Join ISIS | Independent Lens | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An anguished Somali father in Minnesota seeks to understand what led his American son to attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/accept-the-call\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Independent Lens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-05T17:33:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/acceptthecall-updated-sig-1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Accept the Call | What Led Somali Father's American Son to Join ISIS | Independent Lens | PBS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"An anguished Somali father in Minnesota seeks to understand what led his American son to attempt to join the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/accept-the-call\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/accept-the-call\/\",\"name\":\"Accept the Call - 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