05/19/2026
2 children a 17 and a 19 year old allegedly killed the people at the mosque. Can’t you see the trouble we are in?
The rising number of hate crimes against our Muslim siblings are rarely discussed unless someone dies.
As the nation continues to wrap itself in the language of patriotism, “freedom,” and preparations for America’s 250th anniversary, we are once again confronted with a deadly truth: there can be no meaningful rededication to democracy while entire communities are being targeted because of who they are and how they worship.
The deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego did not happen in a vacuum. It is part of a dangerous climate where anti-Muslim hatred like Anti-Blackness is normalized!
Racialized fear is weaponized, and religious difference is treated as a threat rather than a reflection of our shared humanity.
We must tell the truth: anti-Muslim violence is deeply connected to the rise of white Christian nationalism in our political life. White Christian nationalism is not simply personal faith or religious conviction but it is a political ideology that seeks to merge a narrow vision of Christianity with state power, while defining who truly belongs in these never been united states.
It has cast most marginalized groups as enemies of the state.
When political leaders traffic in fear, demonize religious minorities, attack pluralism, and frame diversity as national decline, violence is not an aberration it is one of the foreseeable consequences.
Phillip Gorzki reminds us that 40% of those who ascribe to white fake christian nationalism are prone to violence.
This past weekend there was so call “rededication” service in DC if we are honest it was idol worship.
We must ask: rededication to what? Not to mythologies of innocence or exclusion. Not to a democracy reserved for white, wealthy, heterosexual appearing men and a few of their billionaire immigrant cronies who sell their souls to whiteness while barring access to the rest pf us.
Our dedication must be to a multiracial, anti-racist, multi-faith and gender equitable democracy where every person can gather, pray, organize, and live without fear of violence.
We should loudly mourn with our Muslim siblings. Emphatically condemn this act of death dealing unequivocally and publicly and consistently reject the ideologies that make such violence increasingly imaginable in public life.
This is not only a moment for thoughts and prayers. It is a moment for moral clarity, solidarity, and action.
