Mosque in Bloomington, Illinois, gets support after San Diego attack #news #shorts

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:05]First and foremost, our hearts are very heavy are saddened by the attack that took place in the mosque in San Diego. A house of worship should never, you see, um it should always be a place of safety. It should be a place of peace and remembrance of the Almighty. Never a place of fear and violence. It saddens us that why is this happening in North America? Where is this violence coming from? Is it because the narrative is different? What narrative is being taught to our children? I mean, imagine 17year-old and a 18-year-old carried out these attacks. So, that should make us think as Muslims, we condemn these kind of attacks.

[00:00:45]>> Tragedy, you know, should not happen.

[00:00:48]But it's important no matter where it happens that we let our fellow community members know that they're loved, they're accepted, they're an important part of our community and um that we stand with them.

[00:01:02]>> It was so, you know, overwhelming when not in our town came out and reached out to me and I was I was uh very grateful.

[00:01:10]I I think it really means a lot especially to the congregation who saw uh many people come out today.

[00:01:16]I wanted to be here because as a person of the Jewish faith, I am I really my heart is breaking because many of my Jewish friends and neighbors are going through a very similar situation throughout the country, not feeling safe and having our spaces of worship being attacked. And I think it's really important to stand here along with my colleagues and community and different faith community to remind our Muslim brothers and sisters know here especially in Bloomington normal that they're not alone.

[00:01:47]>> We may come from different traditions.

[00:01:50]We may come from different places but we are here. That's something that we share. We are all here as part of this community. And the relationships that we build by showing up for one another at times like this go forward and they send the signal that when stuff happens, we are here for one another. That no one stands by themselves.