When the Mosque Stops Feeling Safe. The Somatic Weight of Islamophobia, Religious Trauma, and the Fear We Inherit

When violence enters a place of worship, the trauma does not stay in that building. It lives in the nervous systems of an entire community, and often in the lineages behind that community. A somatic, holistic, culturally attuned response to the attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, and to the years and generations of Islamophobia, religious trauma, and inherited fear that arrived in Muslim bodies long before Monday.