My dad was the number one advocate for safety and keeping our community safe, safe. He stood against any form of hate. He took his job seriously to protect everyone here. He would want our community to stand together as one as one. That’s exactly what he would want. And I hope this moment we can all come together and to be kind to one another and to remember who he truly was, regardless if you were *** Muslim, OK, if you were *** Christian, if you were Jewish, if you had no faith, he didn’t care. He would treat you human to human. He would smile at people he did not know. You could see the happiness and just who he was as *** person just looking at his face. And I believe that’s exactly the legacy he left behind. He wants all of us to be better.
‘He stood against any form of hate’: Daughter of slain San Diego mosque security guard speaks out
Updated: 11:34 AM EDT May 20, 2026
The daughter of the security guard who was killed at a San Diego mosque on Monday spoke out publicly a day after the attack.Hawaa Abdullah urged the community to stand together as one.”My dad was the number one advocate for safety and keeping our community safe,” she said. “He stood against any form of hate. He took his job seriously to protect everyone here.”Amin Abdullah, a father of eight, was shot and killed, according to a spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.In a press briefing on Tuesday, authorities said Amin Abdullah played a pivotal role in keeping the shooting from being much worse.She called for others to be kind to one another, no matter their religious background.”I hope this moment, we can all come together and to be kind to one another and to remember who he truly was,” Hawaa Abdullah said. “Regardless if you were a Muslim, OK? If you were a Christian, if you were Jewish. If you had no faith, he didn’t care. He would treat you human to human.”Amin Abdullah was shot and killed alongside Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say two teenage gunmen, ages 17 and 18, opened fire, killing the three victims before killing themselves.
SAN DIEGO —
The daughter of the security guard who was killed at a San Diego mosque on Monday spoke out publicly a day after the attack.
Hawaa Abdullah urged the community to stand together as one.
“My dad was the number one advocate for safety and keeping our community safe,” she said. “He stood against any form of hate. He took his job seriously to protect everyone here.”
Amin Abdullah, a father of eight, was shot and killed, according to a spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, authorities said Amin Abdullah played a pivotal role in keeping the shooting from being much worse.
She called for others to be kind to one another, no matter their religious background.
“I hope this moment, we can all come together and to be kind to one another and to remember who he truly was,” Hawaa Abdullah said. “Regardless if you were a Muslim, OK? If you were a Christian, if you were Jewish. If you had no faith, he didn’t care. He would treat you human to human.”
Amin Abdullah was shot and killed alongside Mansour Kaziha and Nadir Awad on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Police say two teenage gunmen, ages 17 and 18, opened fire, killing the three victims before killing themselves.