American ISIS supporter tells of his plan to attack a church

American ISIS supporter tells of his plan to attack a church February 8, 2016

A Muslim from Dearborn Heights, Michigan,was arrested for planning to attack a church in the Detroit area.  His remarks about his dreams and motivations are especially telling:

“If I can’t do jihad in the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here.”

“It is my dream to behead someone.”

Is it time for churches to implement security plans?  Or would that show a lack of faith that God would protect them, according to His will?

From Michigan ISIS Supporter ‘Tried to Shoot Up’ 6,000-Member Church, FBI Says – NBC News:

Federal authorities have arrested a Michigan man they say is an ISIS supporter who wanted to carry out an attack on a 6,000-member Detroit church.

Khalil Abu-Rayyan is accused by the FBI of supporting ISIS. In his now suspended Twitter account, his profile photo showed him standing in his Dearborn Heights, Mich. driveway with his index finger raised. @khalilray21 / Twitter

Khalil Abu-Rayyan, 21, of Dearborn Heights, allegedly had guns and a large knife and told an undercover FBI agent that he “tried to shoot up a church one day.”

“I bought a bunch of bullets. I practiced reloading and unloading,” he said in an online conversation, the FBI said.

Investigators did not specify which church Abu-Rayyan allegedly was eyeing, but said it has a capacity of 6,000 members, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court.

The FBI had been monitoring Abu-Rayyan for months because of his “increasingly violent threats” about committing acts of terror and martyrdom against churchgoers and police officers on behalf of ISIS.

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In addition to the alleged online conversations with the undercover agent, Abu-Rayyan purportedly used Twitter to express solidarity with the terror group.

Abu-Rayyan claimed it would have been “easy” to fire shots on the church, the complaint said. But according to authorities, he said his plan was foiled when Abu-Rayyan’s father discovered his gun, ammunition, and a mask he was going to wear before he could carry out the attack.

“Honestly I regret not doing it. If I can’t do jihad in the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here,” he allegedly said.

He also had armed himself with a knife and told the undercover agent, “It is my dream to behead someone,” authorities said.

 

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