The killings of four Muslim Americans in Albuquerque, New Mexico, three of them in the last two weeks, sent shockwaves through a closely knit Muslim community that had in recent years become a safe haven for immigrants. The head of the local Islamic center told NBC News that his community’s “whole world has been flipped upside down." The suspect, shockingly, is a Muslim man from the very community that was targeted. 3/4 — CAIR National (@CAIRNational) August 9, 2022But a fellow Muslim targeting Muslims is not something we ever expected. The Muslim American community is tiny — clocking in at 1 to 2 percent of the population.

Source: CNN August 11, 2022 19:26 UTC