A massacre in New Zealand on jumah, the Muslim weekly communal prayer.
Suicide bombings in Sri Lankan churches on Easter, the holiest day of the Christian calendar.
On Saturday, another attack inside a sanctuary, this one on the final day of Passover, a sacred time commemorating Jews’ escape from violence and oppression in ancient Egypt.
Saturday’s shooting at Congregation Chabad in Poway, California, came six months to the day after the worst anti-Semitic violence in American history, when an accused white supremacist slaughtered 11 Jews inside a Pittsburgh synagogue.
After Saturday’s attack, Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish movement, addressed the recent spate of sacrilegious violence, of which it was the latest victim:
“The fact that these G-dless acts have multiplied of late underscores with even greater urgency the critical need for proper moral education for our youth, rooted in the belief in a Supreme Being — Whose Eye that Sees and Ear that Hears should preclude anyone from devaluing the life of another human being.”
I was interviewed by CNN about attacks on Mosques and how they’ve impacted the psyche of the Muslim community ahead of Ramadan. Praying for everyones perfection in Mosques in Ramadan, and in all places of worship throughout the year. Thank you @BurkeCNNhttps://t.co/JnQEbCzHkw
— Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) April 29, 2019