Muslim Terrorist Attacks in the United States — 1990 to 2026

We were stuck by a post on X by Visegrád 24 stating, “The Gays for Gaza activist Cameron Capara has been shot dead in a random attack in front a gay bar in Tucson by an Islamist migrant from Gambia. The gay pro-Palestine activist was killed on August 31st along with a gay friend he had just left the bar with.”

Here’s the picture of the “Gays for Gaza” activist Cameron Capara and the Islamist migrant from Gambia Ousman Ceesay:

As we are just six days away from the attack on 9/11/2001 here’s the history of Islamists attacks.

We decided to remind our readers about the history of Muslim attacks in the USA.

Major terrorist attacks in the United States motivated by Islamist/jihadist ideology between 1990 and 2026 include:

1990s

• 1993 World Trade Center Bombing (Feb 26, 1993): A truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people were killed and over 1,000 were injured.
• 1997 Empire State Building Shooting (Feb 23, 1997): Palestinian gunman Ali Hassan Abu Kamal opened fire on the 86th-floor observation deck, killing one person and injuring six others before dying by suicide.

2000s

• September 11 Attacks (Sep 11, 2001): Nineteen al-Qaeda hijackers commandeered four commercial airliners, crashing them into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 2,977 people and injured thousands.
• 2002 Seattle Jewish Federation Shooting (Jul 28, 2006): Naveed Afzal Haq opened fire at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, killing one person and injuring five others.
• 2009 Little Rock Recruiting Office Shooting (Jun 1, 2009): Abdulhakim Muhammad opened fire on a U.S. military recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, killing one soldier and wounding another.
• 2009 Fort Hood Shooting (Nov 5, 2009): U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at the Fort Hood processing center in Texas, killing 13 people and injuring more than 30.

2010s

• 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing (Apr 15, 2013): Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev detonated two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing 3 people and injuring over 260.
• 2014 New York City Hatchet Attack (Oct 23, 2014): Zale H. Thompson attacked four NYPD officers with a hatchet in Queens, injuring two before being shot dead.
• 2015 Garland Attack (May 3, 2015): Two gunmen inspired by ISIS opened fire outside a Curtis Culwell Center event in Garland, Texas, injuring a security guard before being killed by police.
• 2015 Chattanooga Shootings (Jul 16, 2015): Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor.
• 2015 San Bernardino Attack (Dec 2, 2015): Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik carried out a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in California, killing 14 people and injuring 22.
• 2016 Pulse Nightclub Shooting (Jun 12, 2016): Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS before opening fire inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding 53.
• 2016 St. Cloud Mall Stabbing (Sep 17, 2016): Dahir Adan carried out a mass stabbing at a shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, injuring 10 people before being killed by an off-duty officer.
• 2016 Ohio State University Attack (Nov 28, 2016): Abdul Razak Ali Artan rammed pedestrians with a car and used a butcher knife to attack people on campus, injuring 11 before being killed.
• 2017 New York City Truck Attack (Oct 31, 2017): Sayfullo Saipov drove a rental truck down a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing 8 people and injuring 12 in the name of ISIS.
• 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting (Dec 6, 2019): Mohammed Alshamrani, a Saudi aviation trainee inspired by al-Qaeda, opened fire at the naval station, killing 3 people and injuring 8.

The Bottom Line

Concerns regarding antisemitic incidents, rhetoric, and political friction in New York City related to Zohran Mamdani focus on several key developments:

Key Incidents and Criticisms

• Central Synagogue Incident (August 2026): Following an attack where a suspect disrupted services, struck a congregant, and spat on a guard at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, critics and local community members held rallies accusing the administration’s rhetoric of fostering hostility toward Jewish institutions.
• Park East Synagogue Protest (Late 2025): Protesters gathered outside the Manhattan synagogue chanting hostile slogans. The administration faced criticism for a statement that addressed both the protest language and the use of sacred spaces for political events, which opponents argued drew a false equivalence.
• Neighborhood Demonstrations: Tensions arose during demonstrations outside various Jewish institutions and land-sale events in Brooklyn, leading to localized clashes and an increased police presence to separate rival demonstration groups.

Pro-Israel activists, community organizations, and political opponents argue that Mamdani’s vocal anti-Zionist positions, refusal to explicitly condemn phrases like “globalize the intifada,” and public calls to protest visiting Israeli leaders create a permissive environment for antisemitism and intimidation against Jewish residents.

Muslims like Mamdami follow shriah law that requires the the absolute domination of infidels, non-Muslims.

As we approach the 2026 mid-term elections many Muslim candidates are on the Democrat Socialist Party’s nominees.

Beware America!

©2026 Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.). All rights reserved.

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