PRESS RELEASE – SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING

THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF BREVARD COUNTY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS ARE SADDENED AT THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES IN SAN BERNANDINO, CALIFORNIA AT THE HANDS OF WICKED PEOPLE. IT OFFERS HEART-FELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS AND THEIR FRIENDS. WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR FELLOW CITIZENS IN CONDEMNING THIS HEINOUS ACT AND IN SHARING THIS NATIONAL GRIEF.

MUSLIMS HONOR EACH LIFE AS A SACRED GIFT FROM THE ALMIGHTY, AND AS SUCH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT IT. FOR MUSLIMS, TAKING ONE INNOCENT LIFE MEANS TAKING THE LIVES OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS, AND SAVING EVEN ONE LIFE, MEANS SAVING THE LIVES OF ALL OF MANKIND.

THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT CONDONE THESE TYPES OF RUTHLESS ACTS BY ANY ONE, AT ANY TIME, AT ANY PLACE, IN ANY SHAPE OR FASHION.

ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BREVARD COUNTY