People who know Imam Hamzah Khan describe him as nice and polite . ` He invited his family to join him in the `` Islamic State '' -- ` He 's the last person that we 'd think that would happen to , '' says a member of his mosque . Khan lives in Bolingbrook , a working - class neighborhood of Chicago , with his family . He graduated from an Islamic school on his street and studied at a local college , neighbors say .
People who know Imam Hamzah Khan describe him as nice and polite . ` ` He 's the last person that we 'd think that would happen to , '' says a member of his mosque . Khan lives in Bolingbrook , a working - class neighborhood of Chicago , with his family . He graduated from an Islamic school on his street and studied at a local college , neighbors say .