The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the reported indictment of a Winston-Salem, N.C., teen allegedly connected to the May 2026 white supremacist terror attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego.
The suspect was charged with three counts of aiding and abetting murder and one count of conspiracy for her alleged activities before and after the attack. The suspect allegedly recorded the livestream of the shooting, disseminated it and published the shooters’ manifesto in support of the attack.
CAIR said the indictment represents an important step toward accountability for those suspected of facilitating, supporting, or otherwise contributing to an attack that devastated the San Diego Muslim community, taking the lives of community members Amin Abdullah, Nader Awad, Mansour Kaziha, who courageously attempted to stop the shooters and helped saved the lives of schoolchildren inside.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“Today’s indictment is an important step toward ensuring that anyone who allegedly helped facilitate or support this horrific white supremacist attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego is held accountable. The hate these white supremacists expressed is eerily similar to hate that political leaders express about American Muslims on a daily basis.
“American Muslims should never have to fear that attending a mosque, sending their children to Islamic school, or gathering with their community could make them targets of violence. We commend law enforcement for continuing to pursue the facts and urge prosecutors to follow the evidence wherever it leads.”
CAIR recently documented 17 incidents targeting mosques and Islamic centers nationwide, including multiple in California, from May to July—a 183% increase over the same three-month period last year.
BACKGROUNDER: CAIR recently responded to a number of anti-Muslim hate incidents nationwide.
Over the weekend, CAIRexpressed support for an Indiana restaurant manager who reportedly stood up for a young Muslim employee after a customer allegedly made anti-Muslim comments about the employee’s hijab and reportedly said that Muslims “scare” her.
CAIR recently welcomed an arrest of a suspect in an allegedly bias-motivated spitting attack on a Muslim woman in Kentucky.
CAIR’s Maryland office condemned the reported harassment of multiple Muslim women wearing Islamic headscarves, or hijabs, at a market in Montgomery County.
CAIR’s Los Angeles office recently condemned the violent online threats responding to an online anti-Muslim smear campaign targeting the Islamic Center of Irvine (ICOI).
In New York, CAIR called on local, state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate reported hate vandalism targeting a mosque site on Long Island as a possible hate crime.
CAIR’s Florida chapter welcomed charges for an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a mosque.
Its Michigan chapter welcomed federal charges against an Alaska man accused of making threats to injure and murder Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and issuing violent, Islamophobic threats against Muslims.
Its Pittsburgh and Philadelphia chapters welcomed the City of Erie’s response to reported threats targeting the local Muslim community and urged authorities to remain vigilant in protecting residents from anti-Muslim hate and intimidation.
CAIR also welcomed the federal indictment of a Utah man on a hate crime charge for allegedly stabbing a Muslim man at the West Valley Mall in West Valley City, Utah.
CAIR’s latest civil rights report documented 8,683 anti-Muslim bias complaints in 2025 – the highest number ever recorded by the organization since it began publishing civil rights reports in 1996.
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CONTACT: CAIR North Carolina Regional Manager Al Rieder, [email protected]; CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, [email protected]