Why Are Mosques Becoming Targets in America? Lessons From San Diego to Minnesota

CAIR on AIR - Beyond the Courtroom and Behind the Headlines · Sep 23, 2026 · 44m

Across the U.S., mosques are being treated as soft targets—from firebombings in Minnesota to a foiled mass killing in San Diego that could have mirrored the New Zealand massacre. In this powerful live panel, we go inside the new reality of mosque security in America: how close communities have come to catastrophe, what actually prevented mass casualties, and why most masajid are still dangerously unprepared.

Hosted by Nicole Foster Bradford, CAIR’s Community Advocacy Director, this conversation brings together front-line imams and civil rights leaders who have lived these crises in real time…