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Imam of San Diego Islamic Center Says His Community Has Seen a Rise in Islamophobia: "We Are Not Naïve"
Imam Taha Hassane said the community has seen a rise in Islamophobia after the shooting killed three men and is being investigated as a hate crime.
- On May 18, 2026, two teenage gunmen stormed the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three men before dying in a nearby vehicle, an attack targeting the complex serving the city's 1.4 million residents.
- Investigators are treating the massacre as a hate crime, with suspects Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18, having left a manifesto outlining extremist "religious and racial beliefs of how the world they envisioned should look."
- Security guard Amin Abdullah died engaging the attackers, actions San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl called "heroic" because they deterred gunmen from reaching areas where 140 children were within 4.5m of the suspects.
- Imam Taha Hassane blamed the attack on a "rise of white supremacy," urging elected officials to stop dehumanizing rhetoric from giving bigots a "green light" to commit violence.
- The Council on American-Islamic Relations reported 8,683 civil rights complaints nationwide in 2025, the highest since 1996; despite the tragedy, Hassane promised the community will continue "building bridges with other faith communities.
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Interfaith vigil held for victims of San Diego mosque attack
A vigil is being held to honor the three men killed in the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, which has sparked a national response from leaders and the Muslim community who say the attack was a result of Islamophobia.
·San Diego, United States
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