Shortly after the news came out that the assailants in the San Bernardino shooting had ties to the local Muslim community, the national leadership of the Islamic Circle of North America gathered on a conference call.
They needed to issue a statement, but as they began to talk, they found themselves pushed into a corner. Yet again they had to explain themselves and their faith to America — when their first instinct was to pray for the victims.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.