Support the Families of the Martyrs of Islamic Center of San Diego

On Monday, May 18, 2026, three men were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego — the largest mosque in San Diego County, attached to a school where dozens of children were in class. Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.

The three men killed were not strangers to one another, and they were not strangers to the hundreds of families who walk through the doors of that center every week. They were the people who made it run.

Amin Abdullah was the security guard. He was a father of eight. When two gunmen opened fire outside the building, Amin stood his ground — and the San Diego Police Chief publicly credited him with "playing a pivotal role in keeping this from being much worse." Teachers, staff, and more than a dozen children walked safely out of that building that afternoon because of what Amin did. He paid for that with his life.

Nader Awad was a community member and neighbor of the center, and lived just across the street. When he heard the gunfire, he ran toward it, toward his wife and the community that was his entire life. He did not make it back across that street.

Abul Ezz (Mansour Kaziha) worked in the center's food store and was part of the daily rhythm of the masjid — one of the people who kept the community fed, welcomed, and at home in their own house of worship.

Every dollar raised on this page will go directly to the families of the three men killed. Funds will cover funeral costs, immediate household needs, children's education, long-term financial stability for surviving spouses, and trauma counseling for those left behind.

You do not have to share their faith to stand with their families. You only have to believe that no one should be murdered in their place of worship — and that when a community is attacked, the rest of us answer.

These three men kept that community safe, fed, and taught. Now it is our turn to keep their families safe.

To God we belong, and to God we return.

Campaign organized by CAIR San Diego with Islamic Center Of San Diego

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