Abdul Aziz doesn’t think he is a hero. Allah had not chosen that time for him to die, and he believes he did what anyone would have done in that situation. May he be blessed for his courage and honor grace his steps.

These have been days it has been difficult to stay off social media.

Men with guns, men who talk and talk about manliness and who are afraid to be without weapons have always struck me as particularly fearful, cowardly, and weak. The actions of this father of four sons make me cry for pride.

“Three-year-old Mucad Ibrahim is the youngest victim of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand.

“Mucad Ibrahim was wearing little white socks, the type with grippy stripes on the bottom so that toddlers don’t slip, when he was carried out of the al-Noor mosque in Christchurch.

“His shoes were still at the entrance, where he’d left them when he arrived for Friday prayers with his father and older brother. His big brown eyes, usually alight with laughter, were closed as he was rushed to the ambulance.

“That was the last time his family saw him.”—The Washington Post