Muslims arrested in three US states for buying weapons, scouting gay bars and amusement park for jihad massacre
All Muslims in the US are now taken for granted as being “moderate”; even to suggest that some might not be is condemned as “Islamophobic.” Yet plots of this kind keep being uncovered, and many more are to come. Will they ever lead to a public discussion about the nature of Islam and what might be done in the face of the challenge it poses? Probably not.
Seattle-area man arrested in Halloween terrorism plot investigation
by Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst, Andrew Blankstein and Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, November 6, 2025:
A 19-year-old man from the Seattle area has been arrested in what authorities say was a foiled Michigan terror plot, the eighth such arrest in connection with a terrorist attack allegedly planned for Halloween weekend.
Saed Ali Mirreh, 19, of Kent, Washington, was arrested Wednesday by the FBI. Officials say he was in communication with seven other alleged ISIS supporters who have been arrested in the case.
He, along with alleged co-conspirator Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization — in this case ISIS — and one count of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to a complaint out of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey….
So far, five individuals have been arrested in connection with the alleged plot and effort to join ISIS in the Detroit area — Mohmed Ali, 20; Majed Mahmoud, 20; Ayob Nasser, 19; and two juveniles. They are charged with buying weapons and ammunition and scouting gay bars and an amusement park for a possible terrorist attack.
A defense lawyer rejected the allegations.
Two others, Jimenez-Guzel, 19; and Milo Sedarat, have been arrested in New Jersey….
On a recorded call Friday, Jimenez-Guzel told a “FBI confidential human source” that he was aware of the arrests, that their names are listed in charging documents in Michigan and that they needed to skip town as soon as possible, officials said.
Prosecutors said that on that call, Jimenez-Guzel allegedly said: “The feds are gonna be looking for us in a week maybe, so we are leaving today or tomorrow … we are leaving, akhi, immediately … we have a new ticket, we got one today … we are all leaving soon … five of us are in the article and the feds … they’re gonna be looking for us soon. If we don’t leave, we are cooked.”
Communications between Jimenez-Guzel and Mirreh included a photo of Jimenez-Guzel “in front of the ISIS flag while holding a knife” and a photo of Mirreh wearing an ISIS hat, according to the complaint.
Mirreh allegedly told the FBI that he had planned to travel to Syria for the purpose of joining ISIS as a fighter, the complaint said.
Mirreh was previously the subject of a counterterrorism probe in 2023, when he was a minor, according to the complaint. In that case, he allegedly discussed conducting attacks on behalf of ISIS with an individual in Canada, officials said. That person in Canada has since been arrested.
At the time, Mirreh was interviewed by the FBI and admitted to sending messages to others about the potential attack and admitted to consuming ISIS propaganda, but denied “intending” to carry out an attack, the complaint said.
This July, the FBI said it received additional information since his 2023 and 2024 interviews that indicated Mirreh was continuing to talk to pro-ISIS extremists online. The FBI issued emergency disclosure requests to Meta in June for communications by him on Instagram.
The FBI said it found Mirreh was “in direct communication with at least three known overseas ISIS supporters and a participant in conversations pertaining to jihad against the ‘kuffar [non-believers]’ martyrdom, violence against Jewish people, purchasing plane tickets to travel overseas and training at gun ranges,” the complaint said.
The complaint also detailed the alleged contact between Jimenez-Guzel and the individuals identified as co-conspirators in the U.K. and Sweden about joining ISIS starting in July.
Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, underscored the seriousness of the cases, saying Thursday, “This was the real deal, and we were really concerned.”…
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