In his May 3, 2024 Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Claremont, California, which was streamed live on the Mosque's YouTube channel, Imam Mudassir Mayet asked Allah to "annihilate the Zionist oppressors and their supporters from among the police and the leaders." He said that the LAPD are just as terrorist as the Zionist state, because they receive combat training in
California Islamic scholar Dr. Khaled Bahajri of the Islamic Center of Inland Empire – Rancho Masjid said in a Friday sermon streamed live on the mosque's YouTube channel that the people of Gaza prepared for October 7 by building their faith, in addition to logistical and technical preparations. He added: "We feed from the faith of the people of Gaza." Bahajri added that