Islamic State a threat to humanity, says Indian Shia Muslim body

In the wake of the shootings, the San Bernardino mosque received a phone threat that prompted an investigation by police, Nadvi said.

Farook has been described as a second-generation American born in IL and raised by Pakistani parents while Malik was born in Pakistan and lived in Saudi Arabia until she met Farook, according to Reuters. A Facebook official said she praised the leader of the Islamic State group in a post just as the first emergency calls came in from the shooting scene.

In many ways, it creates a flawless storm for right-wing and left-wing statist responses.

They said he was only gone for three weeks to a month before returning to the US with his wife.

“To the USC Community, if you know a Muslim, I ask you to please be understanding”.

The soft-spoken Farook was known to pray every day at San Bernardino’s Dar Al Uloom Al Islamiyah mosque.

A man identified as Farook’s brother-in-law, Farhan Khan said, “I have no idea why he would do … something like this”.

“He was my best friend and an incredible father who was loved by all”, she said.

Leaders say they plan on reaching out to victim’s families and holding a blood drive December 13th at the mosque, in hopes of sending blood to victims fighting for their lives. Co-workers at the San Bernardino County’s Public Health Department, where Farook worked, weren’t happy with the management there.

Ayoub said that while there had been no reports of attacks in retaliation for the armed assault Wednesday by Syed Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, it was essential for the community to remain vigilant.

Quoting intelligence inputs, officials had said, it emerged that the dreaded terror outfit considered South Asian Muslims, including Indians, inferior to Arab fighters in the conflict zones of Iraq and Syria.

Condemnation in media and online was swift, with Jack Mirkinson of Salon saying, “It would be hard to find a more blatant example of racism”, concluding that “the Post decided, with evident glee, to go all in on Islamophobia”.

Until Friday, federal and local law enforcement officials said terrorism was a possibility but that the violence could have stemmed from a workplace grudge or a combination of motives. Later that year, Farook married Malik in Saudi Arabia and returned with her to celebrate the union at the Islamic Center in Riverside with a party for an estimated 250 to 300 people.

The Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR held a news conference soon after Farook was named as a suspect Wednesday.

“We don’t expect Christians to condemn the Planned Parenthood shooting”, said Qasim Rashid, spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, referring to last week’s shooting in Colorado. Farook returned with his wife and weapons and opened fire.