Patrick B. Long

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The Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in San Diego and located in the heart of Clairemont, California, was the scene of an active shooter incident today. I passionately denounce the violence that occurred today and do not support any violence against any innocent Americans or human beings anywhere. I have long covered this mosque and am very familiar with its shocking, decades-long track record of terror ties (9/11 hijackers) and extremism. 🔺A 2005 investigation by the Center for Religious Freedom (Freedom House) identified the ICSD as one of only a handful of U.S. mosques found in possession of Saudi government-published “hate ideology” materials, extremist Wahhabi literature filled with calls for intolerance, hatred of non-Muslims, and jihad. 🔺A congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks revealed the FBI believed the San Diego mosque was responsible for laundering millions of dollars in cash from Saudi Arabia to the Al Barakat Trading Company and other businesses tied directly to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. 🚨Two of the 9/11 hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, regularly worshipped at the ICSD before they helped crash American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon. Fellow worshippers assisted them in obtaining Social Security cards, driver’s licenses, purchasing a car, and securing local housing. The pair even accessed funds wired from the nephew of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed through a personal bank account belonging to an ICSD administrator. 🔺Jehad Serwan Mostafa, an American-born San Diegan and now one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, was a regular attendee at the ICSD. He later joined al-Shabaab (al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia), where he rose to senior leadership. Current head Imam Taha Hassane (who has led the mosque since shortly after 9/11) claimed he was “shocked” to learn of Mostafa’s extremism. 🔺Yet just the day after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel, Imam Hassane posted on Instagram (now deleted): “Resistance is the only option for a people under occupation.” In an October 20 sermon he doubled down: “Resistance is justified… resistance when people are occupied becomes a human right.” In December 2023, Taher Herzallah of the Hamas-linked American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) spoke at the ICSD and told the congregation to make Zionists feel “very uncomfortable on campus.” 🚨He explicitly urged them to follow the example of the Gazans on October 7. I will continue to bring you information on today's shootings...