New in PJ Media:
On Thursday afternoon, the day before the beginning of Hanukkah, a man named Mufid Fawaz Alkhader went to a synagogue, Temple Israel in Albany, N.Y. He was carrying a shotgun and fired two shots. According to police who went to the scene, he screamed “Free Palestine.” The FBI is now hard at work, trying to figure out his motive. No kidding.
NBC News reported Thursday that according to an FBI spokesperson, Sarah Ruane, Alkhader was “arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.” Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins added, “We were told by responding officers that he made a comment, ‘Free Palestine.’” Alkhader tried to flee the scene, but someone else, unnamed in the report, who had been in the synagogue parking lot at the time stopped him. Hawkins explained that “the suspect at that point made some statement to this person who was in the vehicle to the effect of he feels that he’s being victimized.”
Of course! Alkhader sure knows how the game is played these days: carry out a gratuitous, unprovoked act of aggression and then claim victimhood status. After all, who are the left’s heroes today? The “marginalized.” The “excluded.” So what better way to bid to become a hero among increasingly antisemitic leftists today than by claiming to be an outcast? Moral inversion is the name of the game. Fire random shots outside a synagogue, and then claim it’s someone else’s fault, and people will actually believe you.
Hawkins “said the incident is being investigated as a hate crime, but it wasn’t clear what charges could be filed. They could include federal charges.” But the intrepid FBI is not sure why this happened at all; it “said in a statement that it was investigating the incident along with local, state, and federal agencies.” The statement added, “Our office immediately deployed multiple resources and will continue to work in concert with our law enforcement partners, to include the United States Attorney’s Office, to work through the facts and determine any potential motives.”
Yeah, Alkhader’s motive is tough to figure out. He has a common Muslim name, he screamed “Free Palestine,” and he chose to go to a synagogue and start firing a shotgun. What could possibly have motivated such behavior? Could he share the general rage at Israel for defending itself after Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis? Ever cautious, ever careful, the FBI is not jumping to any conclusions! Why, he could have been watching his weight and enraged by the suspected presence of doughnuts inside the building! Why would you leap to the idea that he was some kind of Islamic jihad terrorist, you Islamophobe?
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Noah Andeark says
In the end, CAIR will sue the FBI for preventing their fellow ackbarbarian from following their faith as is spelled out in the terror guide, the koran. In (p)islam, killing Jews is kinda like Catholics praying the Rosary. Protected activity under the US Constitution.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
‘Suspected presence of donuts?” Robert, it seems your story is full of holes.
WPM says
I am sure he will be proclaim mental ill the get out of long jail time Islamic card. Let us see what boxes his CAIR law will unpack in his defense ,he just broke up with girl friend ,or loss his job , or one of his close relatives just died ,or his visa just ran out , or he is not use to the long cold dark gloomy city of NY Albany area , or he though that is how Jews celebrate Hanukkah ! Of course if his name was not Middle Eastern ,and he had some kind of far right stuff on his facebook account ,or and tweeter ,and he was a white American it would be on the news 24/7 with reporters. They would be talking to his relatives ,,neighbors , co-workers , his kindergarten teacher ,or anyone who had a cup of coffee with him in the last 30 years. The reason this disappear from the MSM faster then a fart in a wind storm is because it was an example of standard Islamic Jihad (AK Moslem Mental illness ,or hatred of Jews ,Standard jihadism). The story is full of holes ,because the authorities will not talk about it ,say it is under investigation, if any evidence comes out it will not be brought to the publics attention. When or if a trial starts maybe 6 months or a year(no mention if he was given bail or is a citizen of America his status as being legally here or where he lived worked ect) here now it will be on this website maybe one or two other websites like this one and forgotten about .
WPM says
Remember the FBI ,is busy looking into angry parents backgrounds(at the bequest of the teachers unions)at PTA meeting about porn being read by sexually confused men to kindergartens ,to worry about jihadist with shotguns being fired outside Jewish Temples or in the near future Catholic Churches. Nothing to see here move along ,lone wolf ,mental illness , Moslem just doing jihads stuff, part of living in 21 century America.
Kuffar says
FBI wonders why an anti semite shoots up a Jewish daycare? Duh Fools Bumbling Investigations FBI
carpediadem says
Only certain people are allowed to claim victimhood though. They often carry knives and fire bombs in the name of Allah.
OLD GUY says
Wake up citizens of America, trouble is brewing on the horizon from the east.
James Lincoln says
So the FBI is trying to find a motive – but it cannot be islam…