Active shooter training inside a Sarasota Mosque

Places of worship are only holy to the faithful.

"We think about it that way, but for somebody who wants to hurt somebody, for him, it's not a holy place," said Noureddiae, a member of the Islamic Society of Sarasota-Bradenton.

In the back of the prayer room, Nezar Hamze showed that. He pulled out two fake blue guns, and started firing. For over a minute, members of the mosque stared in shock and were frozen.

"Unfortunately this is exactly what is happening everywhere. People are just not prepared," Hamze said.

Hamze travels the state for CAIR Florida, giving training to Islamic Centers about active shooting scenarios and self-defense.

"We need to make sure that the communities are trained and have a plan to deal with active shooters," Hamze said. "Everyone in this country has to wake up. I think the entire country needs to get out of the victim mentality [because] it's happening everywhere."

Hamze told the members about what to do. Run first. Hide if you can. But if you must...fight.

"You need to be thinking about these things. If you choose to fight, you need to realize you are probably sacrificing your life," Hamze said.

Hamze also is helping the mosque with prevention techniques and also helping the leaders apply for grants given by Homeland Security to religious institutions to beef up their own security.

Hamze says he offers his training to anyone, and has already been asked to go into two synagogues and a church.

"They don't have to be scared, they can have a plan and they can deal with anything that comes at them as long as they prepare," Hamze said.