Feds: Dearborn Hts. man supports ISIS, planned attack

[lostinblue 1,989]

Federal authorities are accusing a Dearborn Heights man of supporting Islamic State extremists and planning to “shoot up” a Detroit church.

Khalil Abu-Rayyan, 21, hasn’t been charged with terrorism-related crimes but faces federal charges of illegally having a firearm while using a controlled substance.

But a complaint unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court reveals the FBI has been investigating him since May “regarding increasingly violent threats he has made to others about committing acts of terror and martyrdom — including brutal acts against police officers, churchgoers and others — on behalf of the foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.”

Besides allegedly using Twitter to express support for the terror group — often referred to as ISIS or ISIL — Abu-Rayyan reportedly told an undercover FBI employee about a plot to target a church.

“I tried to shoot up a church one day,” Abu-Rayyan is quoted as saying in court records. “I don’t know the name of it, but it’s close to my job. It’s one of the biggest ones in Detroit. Ya, I had it planned out. I bought 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 a mask I was going to wear.”

Investigators didn’t name the church Abu-Rayyan allegedly eyed, but claim the property covers about two blocks less than half a mile from his work and can accommodate up to 6,000 members. He allegedly purchased a gun and told an undercover FBI employee that attacking a church would be “easy.”

“A lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church,” the affidavit quotes him as saying. “Plus it would make the news. Everybody would’ve heard. Honestly I regret not doing it. (If I) can’t go do jihad at the Middle East, I would do my jihad over here.”

Abu-Rayyan appeared in federal court Thursday and was detained pending a hearing on Monday, said Gina Balaya, public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit.

Court records show he was assigned a federal defender, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday night. Messages left for those listed as his relatives were not returned.

“If the allegations are true, then they’re extremely troublesome,” said Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Michigan chapter.

He said the group is urging caution “and encouraging the broader community to also reserve judgment regarding this matter.”

The court document claims Abu-Rayyan used Twitter for “retweeting, liking and commenting” on IS propaganda since late 2014. According to the affidavit, the posts included “video of a Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive, men being thrown from a high rise building to execute them, the beheading of Christians in Egypt and news of ISIL victories.”

In December, he communicated with an undercover FBI employee through social media; during conversations over several weeks, “Abu-Rayyan consistently expressed support for ISIL and repeatedly expressed his desire to commit a martyrdom operation,” the document read. He also said he had an AK-47 with a 40-round magazine like other extremist fighters.

The affidavit says Abu-Rayyan told the undercover FBI employee a firearm he bought in October wasn’t suitable “because it only held six shots and he would have to keep reloading.”

The next month, he “tweeted photos of himself firing an AK-47 type and AR-15 type rifles at a local firing range”; one was captioned “Sahwat hunting,” which authorities said “is a term for Iraqis who oppose ISIL.”

Federal officials said Abu-Rayyan bought a .22 caliber revolver in October from a Dearborn Heights sporting goods store but lacked a concealed pistol license. On Oct. 7, Detroit police pulled him over for speeding; inside the 2001 Buick Century, officers found marijuana. Arrested for toting the drug and carrying a concealed weapon, Abu-Rayyan was later released on bond.

On Nov. 15, the same day the pending case denied him the chance to buy another pistol, Abu-Rayyan rented a firearm at the firing range pictured on Twitter later that month, according to the affidavit.

Wayne County prosecutors charged him for the gun and marijuana; he pleaded guilty to the drug possession Jan. 15 and was scheduled for trial Feb. 16 on the weapon charge, authorities said.

Soon after he pleaded guilty, Abu-Rayyan told the undercover person he “wanted to kill the officer who arrested him.” Since the officer’s heart attack delayed a trial, Abu-Rayyan “wanted to do a martyrdom operation at the hospital, killing the police officer in the process,” according to court documents. The next day, he told the undercover FBI employee about carrying a “large knife or sword in his car” in case of a fight and said “it is my dream to behead someone,” documents allege.

The case coincides with Muslims in Michigan and nationwide facing tensions amid fears about rising extremism in the wake of the recent Paris and California attacks.

“We advise people not to jump to conclusions about what happened and wait for all of the facts to come in,” said Muzammil Ahmed, board chairman for the Michigan Muslim Community Council. “Our thoughts are with our Christian friends and congregation that were threatened. We think that isolated acts like this, if they are indeed true, are an anomaly in this area.”

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved GOP legislation that erected fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the United States. Gov. Rick Snyder suspended efforts to open Michigan to Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war, joining other governors in asking the federal government to examine and toughen security screenings of refugee applicants.

Soon after the shootings in San Bernardino, California, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S. — a call that drew rebukes from many, yet found support among others.

CAIR’s national chapter noted that in his visit to a Baltimore-area mosque this week, President Barack Obama rejected “inexcusable political rhetoric” targeting Muslims.

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He allegedly purchased a gun and told an undercover FBI employee that attacking a church would be “easy.”

“A lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church,

[lostinblue 1,989]

The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain’s Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.

The one-finger display is the distinctive Muslim gang sign: The index finger points straight up while the thumb wraps underneath and presses against the digital phalange of the middle finger. The remaining fingers are squeezed against the palm in order to highlight the extended forefinger. The extended finger is symbolic of the one-God concept of Muhammad and is understood by all believers to be a symbolic shahada, the Muslim affirmation of faith: There is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger.

Thus when believers stick their index finger in the air, they demonstrate they are partisans of Muhammad’s God concept. And they also affirm their belief in Muhammad’s claim he was the interface between God and man. They also demonstrate they are part of the umma, the exclusive transtribal supertribe of believers that Muhammad started 1,400 years ago.

With his forefinger in the air, Obama affirmed his membership in this tribe.

all these terrorist flash that gang sign

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[Dakine10 5,452]

He allegedly purchased a gun and told an undercover FBI employee that attacking a church would be “easy.”

“A lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church,

What kind of crazy church doesn't let people bring their guns with them. If God didn't want weapons in church, there would be 11 commandments..

[TBoneTX 45,498]

Dearborn could probably be transported into the Middle East without a blip of any sort.

[Expat1 971]

Dunno why you say that when it has been clearly pointed out on VJ that the Real Muslims (American Muslims) are peaceful, and kind, and friendly, and give gifts, and do not have anything in common with their Poser cousins in the Mideast.

[ExPatty 502]

Not a real muslim.

In any case, it's good that the FBI didn't get the memo that there is nothing wrong with Islam. Many attacks have been foiled because the FBI is eavesdropping on mosques and keeping a particularly close eye on certain muslims.

And why shouldn't they? 7% of American muslims, according to Pew, support the killing of people in the name of Islam. That is over a hundred thousand in America alone, so it makes sense for the FBI to be focusing on these threats. The silver lining is most of them are so poorly educated they don't stand a chance at getting ahead of the tricks law enforcement uses to nab them.

[Expat1 971]

Dude is lucky he didnt attack an empty shack in the middle of nowhere or the libs would be screaming for his summary execution and labelling him a terrorist. Wonder why this thread is lib-free anyway-what with their deep and sincere concern for public safety and all

[Rob L 3,811]

Blue Can you please start Snope checking everything you post to save the CEHEST readers the time? Just consider it a community service.

The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain’s Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.

The one-finger display is the distinctive Muslim gang sign: The index finger points straight up while the thumb wraps underneath and presses against the digital phalange of the middle finger. The remaining fingers are squeezed against the palm in order to highlight the extended forefinger. The extended finger is symbolic of the one-God concept of Muhammad and is understood by all believers to be a symbolic shahada, the Muslim affirmation of faith: There is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger.

Thus when believers stick their index finger in the air, they demonstrate they are partisans of Muhammad’s God concept. And they also affirm their belief in Muhammad’s claim he was the interface between God and man. They also demonstrate they are part of the umma, the exclusive transtribal supertribe of believers that Muhammad started 1,400 years ago.

With his forefinger in the air, Obama affirmed his membership in this tribe.

all these terrorist flash that gang sign

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/02/obama_and_the_muslim_gang_sign.html#ixzz3zROw1gvR
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Claim: President Obama secretly signaled solidarity to African leaders at the White House using a Muslim hand gesture known as the 'Shahada.'

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Example: [Collected via e-mail and Twitter, February 2015]

I saw a picture of President Obama flashing the Muslim shahada at a US-African Leaders' Conference in August 2014.

Is the photograph true or was it doctored??

ENEMY WITHIN. Obama flashes Muslim SHAHADA gang sign to African delegates. TREASON? NO CHARGES????

This is JAW DROPPING (& the smirk on his face): "#Obama flashes the Muslim shahada in 2014"

Origins: On 18 February 2015, American Thinker published an article titled "Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign." The piece was focused on a photograph of

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President Obama captured during an August 2014conference of African leaders held in Washington, D.C.

The photograph in question was one that had beenpublished in August 2014 by Britain's Daily Mail as part of a larger set of images taken at the conference amid news coverage of the gathering. When the otherwise unremarkable photograph resurfaced in February 2015,the American Thinker article's author surmised that theDaily Mail was unaware of the true significance of the image when they had published it the previous year and had mistakenly identified the gesture as simple finger-wagging. According to the American Thinkerpiece, the gesture was in fact a signal referencing the shahada, a Muslim declaration of faith:

The Daily Mail editors did not understand what they were looking at. They captioned it "finger wagging" by Obama. But the African dignitaries understood, and a range of reactions can be detected among the ones who observed the gesture: amusement, surprise, curiosity, disapproval, contempt. Note the reactions of Abdelilah Berkirane, the prime minister of Morroco [sic] pictured just behind Obama's left shoulder, and Ibrahim Boubacas Keita, the president of Mali in white garb and hat. They are Muslims through and through, and they are all smiles. They knew what Obama's upright forefinger meant.

However, the shahada is a verbal declaration of an Islamic creed, not a "Muslim gang sign" hand gesture:

In Islam, the first of the five pillars is the shahada. Shahada is the Muslim profession of faith, expressing the two simple, fundamental beliefs that make one a Muslim.

Several blogs ran with the interpretation of the "shahada" image, and another expounded upon the new theory:

The Associated Press took this astonishing photo as the African dignitaries joined Obama, who hosted the event, in a State Department auditorium for a group photograph. It was published in an article in Britain's Daily Mail, and it was the only use ever of the photo.

The one-finger display is the distinctive Muslim gang sign: The index finger points straight up while the thumb wraps underneath and presses against the digital phalange of the middle finger. The remaining fingers are squeezed against the palm in order to highlight the extended forefinger. The extended finger is symbolic of the one-God concept of Muhammad and is understood by all believers to be a symbolic shahada, the Muslim affirmation of faith: There is but one God and Muhammad is his messenger.

The photograph of President Obama "flashing a Muslim gang sign" certainly captivated a portion of the social web when it began to circulate, and at first glance it might seem difficult to understand from a single still imahe precisely what was going on the moment the photograph was snapped. But that instant was not only photographed, it was also filmed, and footage of it (in context) was published to C-SPAN on 6 August 2014:


The clip was also uploaded to YouTube:


In both clips, President Obama can be seen briefly making a quick spontaneous remark to a fellow attendee (who had since passed out of the camera frame) and making a gesture that is clearly one of "pointing" or "finger-wagging" and not a surreptitious "Muslim gang signal." No one else captured in the video can be seen expressing obvious "disapproval" or "contempt" at President Obama's gesture or remark, and if other African leaders can been smiling or reacting with amusement in the video, the most obvious reason is because President Obama said something humorous at that moment.

Last updated: 20 August 2015

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Gotta love that Lost previous OP was all about the destruction of the tools to catch Islamic Terrorist activity yet this OP is about another apparent catch. And for both wildly opposing OP's blaming Obama is the point. I guess that is what happens when you get ODS.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Abu-Rayyan reportedly told an undercover FBI employee about a plot to target a church.

what the post doesn't say is the what the undercover fbi employee said in response...something like "hey, maybe you should try again?! i can hook you up with whatever you need to get it done!"

[ExPatty 502]

what the post doesn't say is the what the undercover fbi employee said in response...something like "hey, maybe you should try again?! i can hook you up with whatever you need to get it done!"

Though I've never had this experience with police I'm going out on a limb and saying that if a cop urged me to shoot up a church I would decline the idea, even if he offered to hook me up with the tools to do it. But then, allah isn't akbar to me so who knows what I'd do if he was.

[smilesammich 10,727]

Though I've never had this experience with police I'm going out on a limb and saying that if a cop urged me to shoot up a church I would decline the idea, even if he offered to hook me up with the tools to do it. But then, allah isn't akbar to me so who knows what I'd do if he was.

good for you! please come back from that limb - we don't want you to fall and hurt yourself. i know everything is about you and your hatred of muslims but how about a distraction?!

maybe do some digging and see how often are the fbi/cia involved in (if not the instigators of) the plots they thwart in the us? bet they're involved more often than allah or akbar. whoever the hell they are..

[ExPatty 502]

good for you! please come back from that limb - we don't want you to fall and hurt yourself. i know everything is about you and your hatred of muslims but how about a distraction?!

maybe do some digging and see how often are the fbi/cia involved in (if not the instigators of) the plots they thwart in the us? bet they're involved more often than allah or akbar. whoever the hell they are..

You're right. The evil FBI and CIA are out to get the muslims for no good reason. It has nothing to do with the disproportionate rates at which muslims slaughter people. Nothing at all. Heck, I bet san bernardino was the result of that poor couple being coaxed into it by the fbi.

But I do recommend you take your own advice. Instead of pulling out hilarious quips from thin air such as the fbi or cia being involved in all these plots they also thwart, maybe you should research it. That would be a novel approach for you. I'm excited. When can we expect you to submit your findings?

Edited February 9, 2016 by ExPatty

[smilesammich 10,727]

You're right. The evil FBI and CIA are out to get the muslims for no good reason. It has nothing to do with the disproportionate rates at which muslims slaughter people. Nothing at all. Heck, I bet san bernardino was the result of that poor couple being coaxed into it by the fbi.

But I do recommend you take your own advice. Instead of pulling out hilarious quips from thin air such as the fbi or cia being involved in all these plots they also thwart, maybe you should research it. That would be a novel approach for you. I'm excited. When can we expect you to submit your findings?

chill..im working on it. i expect my findings to be published soon, ive got a blogger friend at infowars.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

chill..im working on it. i expect my findings to be published soon, ive got a blogger friend at infowars.

I spoke to a customer the other day who immediately went into a false flag rant that was getting quickly into a long winded rant. All I could think of those long painful 5 mins was, exit strategy