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France: Muslim migrant on trial for plotting jihad massacre at Sunday Mass in Paris church

Oct 7, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer 19 Comments

Will the Islamophobia never end? Refugees welcome! They are not dangerous, they are in danger! Meanwhile, can we get Pope Francis to Paris to explain to Sidi Ahmed Ghlam that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence”?

“Algerian goes on trial in Paris for failed ISIS attack on French church,” Associated Press, October 5, 2020:

A 29-year-old Algerian man went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of killing a woman and trying to blow up a church near Paris, a failed 2015 attack that investigators say was orchestrated by ISIS extremists in Syria

Instead of bombing a Sunday Mass in the Paris suburb of Villejuif, Sidi Ahmed Ghlam shot himself in the leg, and was soon arrested….

While all the gunmen in those attacks were killed by police, Ghlam survived his attempted bombing three months later, and began a monthlong trial starting Monday on charges of murder and attempted terrorist murder….

Nine other defendants are being tried alongside him. Seven are believed to have provided logistical assistance such as weapons and protective vests.

The other two are extremists accused of guiding his attempted attack, who are believed to be in Syria and possibly dead. The third sponsor, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed by police after allegedly coordinating the worst attacks on France since World War II, coordinated assaults on November 13, 2015, on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France’s national stadium and multiple cafes.

Ghlam had been on the radar of authorities in Algeria and France for his proximity to ISIS. Investigators say he traveled to Turkey in late 2014 and early 2015 where he met Abaaoud and the other operatives.

On April 19, 2015, fitness instructor Aurelie Chatelain was shot to death in her car, which had been set on fire, near a church in Villejuif.

Soon afterward, Ghlam called for help, claiming to have been the victim of gunfire near his home, in the 13th arrondissement or district of Paris, not far from Villejuif. Doctors notified police.

Police believe Ghlam shot Chatelain and was in fact planning to carry out an attack against the Villejuif church.

According to investigators, Ghlam had to give up attacking the church after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while trying to put his weapon back in his belt.

Ghlam told investigators that he intentionally shot himself in the thigh, having second thoughts about carrying out the planned massacre.

He says Chatelain was accidentally killed by an accomplice named “Hamza.” None of the other suspects has mentioned this supposed accomplice.

Defense lawyer Jean-Hubert Portejoie told The Associated Press that Ghlam “acknowledges the preparatory phase and contacts with the ISIS group” and maintains that he was one of two attackers. Ghlam “was supposed to carry out carnage in a church, but he couldn’t do it, and preferred to shoot himself in the leg,” Portejoie said.

Many weapons were found in his car and at home, and his computers showed frequent links to Syria. Ghlam acknowledged to investigators having been in contact and guided by three ISIS operatives: Abaaoud, Abdelnasser Benyoucef and Samir Nouad….

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Filed Under: Featured, France, immigration, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Jihad in the West Tagged With: Paris, Sidi Ahmed Ghlam, Villejuif


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  1. DavidR says

    Oct 7, 2020 at 4:16 pm

    Kill Christian children in Church on Sunday for what? Remind people that Islam is still wretched?

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 9:46 am

      Christianity is the principle target of the Koran.

      Reply
      • DazzleMe says

        Oct 11, 2020 at 2:17 pm

        Yes it is and scary for America!

        Reply
        • Paul Ganga says

          Oct 30, 2020 at 11:24 pm

          Islamist are planning world largest Islamic Centre to spread the message of Jehad in New York. Biden has promised them to lift Muslim Ban and help them carry on their nefarious activities in the US soil. They are soliciting donations from rich Arabs and Islamists around the world.They have so much hatered for America along with their leftist allies that they want Mr Trump to be defeated.

  2. Dude says

    Oct 7, 2020 at 4:18 pm

    Why bother putting your countrymen at risk like this?

    The politicians need to do their homework, justify their fat salaries.

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 9:55 am

      Politicians are plenty busy. They don’t have time to educate themselves about Islam … or so they think … I believe we must not have politicians elected who do not understand jihadism and the hatred the Islam encourages against disbelievers. There are so many dawagandists who are out there disseminating comforting, white-washed versions of Islam. Our politicians have a hard time learning about Islam because Muslims are spreading so much disinformation.

      Reply
  3. gravenimage says

    Oct 7, 2020 at 4:54 pm

    France: Muslim migrant on trial for plotting jihad massacre at Sunday Mass in Paris church
    ………………….

    He also murdered a woman. Why is the West continuing to import these bloody Jihadist thugs? Suicidal madness.

    Reply
    • Ray Jarman says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 12:03 am

      +1 Good question Gravenimage but why do people continue to vote for those who don’t care about them?

      Reply
      • gravenimage says

        Oct 8, 2020 at 12:52 am

        I don’t think a lot of people are paying much attention, Ray. Not that this excuses such suicidal behavior.

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    • R Thomasson says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 5:03 am

      @gravenimage. Why is the West continuing to import these bloody Jihadist thugs? Suicidal madness? No rather psychopathic greed. BILDERBERG/NWO/EU have a plan for a selective genocide in Europe. Muslims are the task-force to do the dirty job. The schedule for the plan must keep up it’s schedule. In order to do that, most of politicians: EU and national governments, media and intellectuals in key positions must be paid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BusdooE10vQ WHERE MONEY WALKS, BULLSHIT TALKS.

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      • gravenimage says

        Oct 8, 2020 at 10:54 pm

        This is edging into conspiracy theory territory here, I’m afraid. And the claim that it is Westerners using Muslims makes little sense, Islam has been out to destroy the free world since its inception.

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  4. Walter Sieruk says

    Oct 7, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    A quote from the above jihadwatch article is A 29-year-old Algerian man went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of killing a woman and trying to blow up a church near Paris, a failed 2015 attack that investigators say was orchestrated by ISIS extremists in Syria”

    A better word that “extremists” would be the term ” ISIS jihadist.” For all the deluded and dangerous Muslim terrorists of ISIS are “extreme” ,by as seen by Westerners . Still what the West views as “extreme” the Islamic mindset of many Muslim view as “dedicated” and even “devote.”

    Furthermore it should never be forgotten that before that as well as all the previous ISIS jihad, carried through, mass murder attacks in Paris and other cities of France there was an ISIS audio recording broadcasted on September 2014 declared “If you can kill a disbelieving American or European especially the spiteful and filthy French …kill him in any manner or way however it may be.” [1]

    This alone exposes the vicious and malicious way of thinking of the jihadist who composes ISIS. The result of this wicked mindset where those heinously malice – filled jihad mindset was carried out by those by those Islamic jihadist deadly attacks in Paris and Nice. Furthermore the jihadists of ISIS sure have some gall calling the French “spiteful” since it’s the jihadist ISIS thugs who are so very spiteful that they murder people in many extremely cruel ways. Likewise, the ISIS savages have some gall calling the French “filthy” Since it’s the ISIS jihadist villains who the ones who are so lawless and vile that the kidnap and rape both girls and women.

    Therefore, it’s only a matter of time before the people who the citizens of the nation of France experience the horrors of another Islamic terror attack or attacks. In another city of town of France. In other words, it’s not a matter of “if “but of “when.”

    [1] THE ISIS CRISIS by Charles Dyer Page 44

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    • infidel says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 3:36 am

      hear hear a trillion times

      Reply
  5. R Thomasson says

    Oct 8, 2020 at 4:30 am

    Isn’t it time for France to bring the guillotine back to business when it comes to terrorism and terrorists? What kind of common sense can be find in keeping (for years) terrorists alive on the costs of their victims. F**K IN THIS CASE HUMAN RIGHTS!

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    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 10:58 pm

      Islam seeks to do away with human rights. We don’t have to embrace the barbarism of our enemies to successfully fight them. In fact, we need to stand up for our own values. First, stop the invasion of Muslims into the free West.

      Reply
  6. OLD GUY says

    Oct 8, 2020 at 10:37 am

    Think about the hell raising if this guy where a catholic planing to bomb a mosque. Yet Muslims have no problem with attacking any other religion or religious site, as a matter of fact islam promotes the destruction of all other beliefs and believers. Close your borders to the islamic invasion.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Oct 8, 2020 at 10:58 pm

      +1

      Reply

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