The jaw-dropping reason why a radicalized Detroit Muslim planned ‘to shoot up a church’

The jaw-dropping reason why a radicalized Detroit Muslim planned ‘to shoot up a church’

A Muslim man from Detroit is in jail on gun and drug charges, but authorities believe that Khalil Abu-Rayyan may be more dangerous than just your run-of-the-mill crook. According to information gathered by the investigators, along with Abu-Rayyan’s own sworn affidavit, the FBI believes he has been working toward carrying out an ISIS-inspired attack on the United States:

While on social media he told an undercover agent that he “tried to shoot up a church one day. I don’t know the name of it but it’s close to my job.

“One of the biggest ones in Detroit. I had it planned out. I brought a bunch of bullets. I practiced a lot with it.

“I practiced reloading and unloading, but my dad searched my car one day and he found everything. He found the gun and the bullets and the mask I was going to wear.”

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When investigators asked Abu-Rayyan why he allegedly wanted to target a church, he said: “It’s easy, and a lot of people go there, plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church. [Emphasis added]

“Plus it would make the news. Everybody would have heard. Honestly, I regret not doing it. If I can’t go do jihad at the Middle East I would do a jihad over here.”

The 22-year-old Abu-Rayyan had been preparing for quite some time and had even purchased an Ak-47 because he’d seen pictures of ISIS terrorists carrying them. He also kept a sword in his car because he had a fantasy of beheading someone, “It is my dream to behead someone,”he told investigators. The Muslim Michigander even spoke of killing the police officer who originally arrested him after hearing that the cop had had a heart attack and was in the hospital. Abu-Rayyan said that he wanted to do a “martyrdom operation” and attack the hospital in an effort to kill the recovering police officer.

Thankfully the authorities have ferreted out this terrorist sympathizer, and he’ll now face hard time for the crimes he was planning. However, it should serve as a warning to every American that this is the insidious enemy that we are fighting. The authorities have no idea when or how Abu-Rayyan became radicalized; indeed, he’s mostly just an inept pot-head with delusions of grandeur. And yet… he had the chance (and almost got away with it) to wreak incredible havoc in his Detroit community. This should be a wake up call for us all.

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Cross-posted at Eagle Rising

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