Dec 19, 2016 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - After the November terrorist attacks in Paris, Andrew Boyle felt a need to expand his understanding. He sent an email to the Islamic Center of Southern California. The query led him on an unexpected path of discovery that found him Saturday morning standing next to a stack of cabbages in the dining hall of the mosque on Vermont Avenue between 4th and 5th streets.
Nov. 29, 2016 - WASHINGTON POST - Letters praising President-elect Donald Trump and advocating for the genocide of Muslims in the United States have been sent to numerous mosques in five states. At least 10 Islamic centers have received letters that are believed to have been written by the same person. The letters referred to Muslims as “children of Satan” and called Trump the “new sheriff in town.”
Nov. 28, 2016 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - series of letters sent to mosques throughout California that threaten genocide against Muslims does not rise to the level of a hate crime, but police are still searching for the author or authors of the racist screeds, officials said Monday. Flanked by faith leaders and police commanders at the Islamic Center of Southern California in Los Angeles, law enforcement leaders said they are still doggedly pursuing the letter-writer or writers to ensure they don’t pose a larger threat.
Oct 25, 2016 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - LAPD officers discuss the arrest of an Agoura Hills man who is accused of threatening the Islamic Center of Southern California. (Video by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
