Abdullah and two others – whom Cair-SD named as Mansour Kaziha and Nader Awad – were killed by two yet-to-be-identified teenage attackers who then took their own lives, say police.
People who knew Abdullah told US media he looked after the community. Others have taken to social media to describe him as “the nicest man you’ll ever meet”.
The mosque called him “a courageous man who put himself on the line of the safety of others, who even in his last moments did not stop protecting our community”.
Amin Abdullah was a father of eight
Nizam, the Cair spokeswoman, told the BBC: “Amin was loved by everybody, he stood there day after day, always smiling, welcoming everybody, welcoming the kids who came to the school.
“He was a shining light. He is a true hero, a martyr.”
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