Derrick Shareef Update, man. “Man accused of plotting mall attack pleads not guilty,” by Megan Reichgott for AP: A 22-year-old Muslim convert who federal authorities claim was willing to die committing acts of ”violent jihad” pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he plotted an attack at a Rockford shopping mall. Derrick Shareef appeared … Continue reading Chicago mall plotter: “I swear by Allah man … I’m down to live for the cause and die for the cause, man.”