Macabre Mosque
San Diego Islamic Center Site of Two Mass Shooters also Home to 9/11 Hijackers and Imam who Inspired Fort Hood Mass Shooter
With the world the way that it is, it seems that anyone can be easily influenced by hatred on social media — a frightening reality underscored by the recent deadly shooting at the San Diego mosque once attended by two 9/11 hijackers, connected figures tied to the Saudi consulate, and former imam Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical cleric who later inspired Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 14 people and wounded 32 in 2009. The mosque’s controversial history has once again thrust it into the national spotlight following an attack carried out by two radicalized teenagers.
Available for interviews on this topic are David Rubin, himself a victim of an Islamic terror attack, along with his son; Stephen Willeford, the armed citizen who stopped the Sutherland Springs mass shooter in 2017; and Grant Berry, the founder of Reconnecting Ministries, who is calling for an end to antisemitism and a reunification of the Church.
- Mosque previously home to 9/11 hijackers and Anwar al-Awlaki.
- Teen suspects reportedly consumed extremist propaganda and violent manifesto content.
- Attack reignites debate over online radicalization and ideological violence.
- Questions emerge about warning signs parents and communities may have missed.
- Security guard died stopping further bloodshed during deadly mosque attack.
According to reports, the two teens — 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vasquez — were driven by a hateful ideology, assembling a “manifesto” filled with anti-Islamic and antisemitic rhetoric while praising previous mass shootings. They also reportedly created and shared a video on a site known for distributing violent content shortly before carrying out the attack.
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