'We are resilient': As San Diego's Muslim community reels from mosque shooting, it refuses to be intimidated

'We are resilient': As San Diego's Muslim community reels from mosque shooting, it refuses to be intimidated8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNardine SaadReporting from San Diego, CaliforniaNardine Saad / BBCNeighbours in the Clairemont area of San Diego have been placing flowers at a makeshift memorial since the 18 May shooting.At about 11:40 local time, Nawal A-Nouri received a WhatsApp message, notifying her of an active shooter at her seven-year-old daughter's school at the Islamic Center of San Diego - where two gunman opened fire on Monday, killing three in what has been called a hate crime."It completely didn't hit me that it was an active shooter the way they had described it. I was definitely in a state of shock, and pretty frozen at home," she said.Her husband Omar Al-Nouri, a vascular surgeon in the neighbouring city of La Jolla, received the same message and rushed down to the school. He told the BBC he was both overwhelmed and comforted by the massive police presence when he arrived at the centre, San Diego County's second largest mosque, which also houses a primary school."I'm not doing so good," Omar Al-Nouri said. "I just had a vision in my mind of the shooters going into the school and encountering my child or another child, I just can't get that vision out of my head."The attack has sent shockwaves through the community - waves of grief and panic - but also a jolt towards unity after tragedy, a call to come together to condemn hateful rhetoric against Muslims and also to embrace and celebrate the lives lost at the thriving centre.Thousands of people from across California and the US travelled to a public funeral prayer here on Thursday, to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community and pray with the families of the victims.A security guard, the husband of a teacher at the school and a beloved shopkeeper who called 911 were fatally shot before one of the suspects...