As our communities mourn, we must also demand accountability.
This attack comes amid a dangerous rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric and dehumanization. When elected officials and public figures treat Muslims, our mosques, our schools, and our civic participation as threats, that language does not remain confined to hearings, press conferences, or social media. It shapes the climate our communities are forced to live in every single day.
That is why this week, CAIR-SFBA has been speaking with local media about the real consequences of anti-Muslim hate and the urgent need for public officials to help end its normalization. Our role is not only to respond after tragedy strikes, but to challenge the systems, rhetoric, and policies that put Muslim communities at risk in the first place.
Below are some of the interviews and stories where CAIR-SFBA helped name the dangers clearly and call for accountability.
- ABC7: San Diego Mosque Shooting Not Isolated Incident of Anti-Muslim Hate, Bay Area Leaders Say
- Al Jazeera: CAIR-SFBA Director Says Elected Officials Fuel Muslim Hate, Lead to Mosque Shooting
- American Community Media: Muslim Community Mourns Horrific Shooting at San Diego Mosque
- Kiowa County Press: California Muslim community reeling after mosque shooting in San Diego
- KRON4: We Cannot Keep Responding to Islamophobia and Gun Violence
- KTVU: Bay Area Mosques Review Security Plans After Deadly San Diego Shooting
- San Francisco Chronicle: Before the San Diego mosque shooting, anti-Muslim hatred was already out of control (Op-Ed)
