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The San Diego Islamic Center is typically a bustling crossroads, with kids in school, the faithful coming to pray and others simply taking part in cultural activity.

But these days, the site is busy for another, much darker reason. The community is mourning. An ever-growing pile of bouquets of lilies, daisies and sunflowers and notes sits at ...Read more

Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, Catholicism holds "animals have mortal souls that perish when the body dies" – therefore, animal souls don't go to heaven.

Humans have immortal souls and those souls (if good) live on in Heaven. Hopefully, when my time comes, I will be welcomed into Heaven. I hope to be reunited with my parents and those ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A lot of people ask what God is like, but it seems that few ask what Satan is like. I’m not sure if the devil’s name is Lucifer, Satan or both, but is the Bible clear on Satan’s role in the world? – S.K.

A: In the millenniums past, there was ...Read more

The gunmen who killed three people at the San Diego Islamic Center left behind a 75-page document that preached hate, anti-Islam and antisemitism and promoted violence and chaos, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told the Los Angeles Times.

The manifesto was titled “The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant” and made reference ...Read more

The gunman who killed three people at the San Diego Islamic Center left behind a 75-page document that preached hate, anti-Islam and antisemitism and promoted violence and chaos, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told the Los Angeles Times.

The manifesto was titled “The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant” and made reference ...Read more

The gunman who killed three people at the San Diego Islamic Center left behind a 75-page document that preached hate, anti-Islam and antisemitism and promoted violence and chaos, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told the Los Angeles Times.

The manifesto was titled “The New Crusade: Sons of Tarrant” and made reference ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What is it about the Christian faith that is termed “narrow”? I’m not equipped to sufficiently explain it other than Christianity does not celebrate the ways of the world as we live out our lives in obedience to Christ. – N.W.

A: Christianity increases the scope and area of our lives. It ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — To San Diego and the world, Amin Abdullah, 51, is the heroic San Diego Islamic Center security guard who stood between children, teachers and death. He alerted the school of the threat just before he was fatally shot by two San Diego teenagers in what is being investigated as a hate crime.

But to Hawaa Abdullah, Amin Abdullah was ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The two gunmen who opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday, killing three people, had met online, where they were radicalized and left behind a hate-filled manifesto, authorities revealed Tuesday.

According to a witness, the pair were “fully armored” and rushed toward the entrance with handguns and rifles before a ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD is bulking up patrols around city mosques in the wake of the fatal shooting outside an Islamic center in San Diego, police said Tuesday.

More cops will be found around city mosques, and local precincts will be increasing patrols going past these houses of worship, even though there are no specific threats to the city’s ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Investigators believe that two teens who killed three people at San Diego’s largest mosque before fatally shooting themselves had been radicalized online, where the two became virtual friends before meeting up in person, authorities said Tuesday.

A manifesto had been recovered, and the incident is being investigated as a hate ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The two gunmen who opened fire at a San Diego mosque and killed three people inside Monday were “fully armored” and rushed toward the entrance with handguns and rifles before a security guard shot at and struck one of them, a witness and member of the mosque said.

But in the chaotic exchange of gunfire Monday morning, the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A day after two people opened fire at a San Diego mosque and killed three people inside before taking their own lives, the community was still reeling from shock and loss, and looking for answers as to what sparked the deadly attack.

At the entrance of the Islamic Center of San Diego, police tape still blocked the entrance to the...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Islamic Center of San Diego is mourning three people killed in Monday’s attack, including a security guard praised by police for his actions.

San Diego police Chief Scott Wahl said the security guard who was inside the mosque was “able to minimize the situation to the front area of the mosque” and saved lives.

“His ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — As the investigation into Monday’s deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego continues, the three slain victims were praised for actions and heroism that local Muslim leaders said saved lives.

The men were identified Tuesday as Mansour Kaziha, Nader Awad and Amin Abdullah by the local chapter of the Council on American-...Read more