As Ilhan Omar Gloats Over Islamic Wins, Idaho Muslim Sentenced for Plot to Massacre Christians with Explosives, Knives, Firearms
An undercurrent of violence runs through expressions of what Muslims and their fans want to do to those who oppose them.
Imam Karim AbuZaid called the rise in power of Texas Democrats in the midterm elections “a chance for us Muslims to grab” power, according to the Dallas Express. He said physical battles will be part of that grab in the end.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota used two words to send a taunting message that she and fellow liberals are coming for conservatives by reposting a social media post saying, “Hey MAGA, Allahu Akbar.”
Although the words literally mean ”God is greatest,” which gives Omar plausible deniability of the phrase’s darker meaning, the words are intertwined with terrorism, as noted by the Jenkins Center, which wrote, “Prior to the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the terrorists were instructed: ‘Shout “Allahu Akbar,” because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.”
An actual repost from a sitting Congresswoman https://t.co/rohtW0zVIX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 10, 2026
Alexander Scott Mercurio, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said things a little differently, as noted by NPR.
“I have motivation for nothing but fighting … like some time of insatiable bloodlust for the life juice of these idolators; a craving for mayhem and murder to terrorize those around me. I need some better weapons than knives,” he said to an informant before he was arrested in 2024 for plotting to attack Idaho churches to show just how much he supported the Islamic State.
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A Department of Justice news release said that on Tuesday, Mercurio was sentenced to 18 years in prison and lifetime supervised release after his conviction for pledging himself to support the Islamic State and planning to do his part by attacking churches.
🚨ISIS TERRORIST SENTENCED🚨
A Idaho man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of trying to support the terrorist group ISIS.
Alexander Scott Mercurio planned to hit his father with a metal pipe, take his father’s guns, and carry out a mass attack on churches in Idaho in the name of ISIS. He also intended to use weapons covered in flames, explosives, knives, and a machete.
When police searched his home, they found butane canisters, lighters, handcuffs, a knife, a machete, and several of his father’s firearms.
Days before the planned attack, he stood in front of an ISIS flag while holding a knife and pledged his loyalty to the group.
The FBI arrested him on April 6, 2024, one day before he planned to carry out the attack.
Earlier, in 2023, he had also created an online collection of pro-ISIS materials to spread the group’s ideology.
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) November 11, 2026
“Mercurio planned to incapacitate his father with a metal pipe and take his firearms to use in a mass casualty attack on Idaho churches in the name of ISIS,” the release said.
Mercurio planned to use “flame-covered weapons, explosives, knives, and a machete in the attacks.”
Shortly before his planned attack, Mercurio posed by an Islamic State flag and pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State.
“The FBI arrested him on April 6, 2024, one day before his planned attack,”the release said.
“America’s founders wanted our Nation to be a place where the faithful of any denomination could exercise their religious beliefs freely and without fear of violence,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security M. Scott Proctor said.
“Alexander Scott Mercurio planned to attack that fundamental freedom by bringing death and destruction to several churches. This sentence shows that the Department of Justice will relentlessly investigate, pursue, and prosecute those who would terrorize and murder Americans for exercising their religious rights,” he said.
“The sentencing of Mercurio today sends the clear message that where individuals intend to pursue acts of terrorism against the United States — whether in Coeur d’Alene, or any other community — they will be brought to justice,” U.S. Attorney John C. Shirts for the District of Idaho said.
“Protecting our communities from terrorist activity is always the number one priority of this office and the Department of Justice,” he said
My mind is blown
The first thing Ilhan Omar did after getting elected to Congress was write a letter to a judge asking for leniency instead of prison for 9 Somalis here in the United States accused of trying to join ISIS
Even the mainstream media reported it at the time as suspicious
She actually wrote this in her letter,
“People seek violent solutions when the process established for enacting change is inaccessible to them.”
She is writing this about people in America literally trying to join the terrorist group ISIS, who literally fight against and kill Americans
She even wrote in the letter she wanted these Somali terrorists in her community
She wrote “I believe you can be rehabilitated. I want you to become part of my community. Together we will thrive.”
Get all these people and Ilhan Omar out of America. Deport them all while we still can
Luckily the judge didn’t listen to Ilhan Omar and called them a “terrorist cell” in America
In 2016 the nine Somali men from the were convicted in federal court for conspiring to join ISIS in Syria
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 28, 2026
The worlds of a member of Congress and an Islamic State recruit might seem far apart. However, in 2016, Omar showed her support for creating a culture of letting bygones be bygones for the Islamic State’s supporters by asking a judge to go easy on multiple Somalis convicted of planning to join the Islamic State.
At the time, according to KMSP-TV, she called for compassion on “one who chose violence to combat direct marginalization,” adding that the judge should go soft on those “fueled by disaffection turned to malice” and who were “willing to kill and be killed fighting perceived injustice.”
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