As a strong category 4 Hurricane Ida moved inland in Southeast Louisiana on Sunday, Louisiana residents scrambled for shelter in Texas ahead of life-threatening storm surge. Recalling sense of desperation many people experienced Bringing when Hurricane Katrina struck 16 years ago, imam Omar Suleiman sends a hopeful message that this also will come to an end. “There will be ease at the end of this,” Sulieman, the founder, and president of the Texas-based Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, told WFAA . “We are a resilient people from New Orleans. We’ve made it through this before. We’ll make it through again, God-willing.” Read Also: Texas Muslim Community Responds to Need during Unprecedented Winter Storm Suleiman now resided in Dallas, yet, he was still in his hometown in New Orleans when Katrina hit in August 2005, giving residents the most surreal moments of their lives. “There was a sense of desperation,” Sulieman said. “There was a sense of, ‘Are we ever going to get back...