According
to a report recently made public, early this year, ISIS specifically identified
15,000 Christian Americans for death and instructed jihadists already in
America to begin widespread murder.
The
Kill List report comes in the wake of ISIS already publicly warning American and British
Christians that “they were next.” British police last week publicly warned its
5.4 million Christians to be on alert and in some areas increased security.
But,Circa News reports that the FBI did not notify American Christians
who are on the ISIS “Kill Lists.” On its website it states: “The FBI did not
alert numerous Americans that they were placed on secret Islamic State kill
lists or notify their local police about the potential dangers, a lapse in the
government's efforts to combat the terrorist group's evolving strategy to
target everyday citizens.
“To
date, the terror group that goes by the acronym ISIS has published on encrypted
web sites several hit lists naming more than 15,000 people it would like to see
killed by sleeper cells or lone wolves in New York, Texas, Florida and
California.”
Circa News was able to obtain copies of some of the
lists and several individuals named on the lists. In Texas, for example, Circa
News contacted 24 people marked for death. Out them, 22 had no idea that there
was such a list or that they were on it. It is believed that the list was
purportedly created from an Internet search of church directories.
Michael
Snyder of Charisma
News
remarked that the FBI did inform him that he and his wife are on the list.
After further research, they discovered that his pastor and other members of
his church were also on the ISIS Kill List.
Leaders
of Christian organizations and Christian pastors should contact their local FBI
and law enforcement to investigate if they are on the list and also request
that security measures be taken to protect their congregation.
Despite
the warning, good news does exist. Snyder pointed to a Detroit News article that describes
how a 21 year-old Islamist from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Khalil abu-Rayyan,
decided that because he couldn’t commit Jihad overseas—he would find a
mega-church in Detroit.
He
purchased a gun and identified his target—which seats up to 6,000 people. But
the God of the Bible had other plans—and undercover FBI agent who had been in
correspondence with him since last year was able to thwart abu-Rayyan’s plans.
According
to court records, The Detroit News
reports that abu-Rayyan said he didn’t know the name of the church but knew it
was one of the largest churches in Detroit. He bragged: “I had it planned out.
I bought a bunch of bullets. I practiced a lot with it. I practiced reloading
and unloading. But my dad searched my car one day, and he found everything. He
found the gun and the bullets and a mask I was going to wear."
The Detroit News also mentions that
abu-Rayyan “told an undercover FBI employee that attacking a church would be
‘easy’." According to a court affidavit, abu-Rayyan claimed:
"A
lot of people go there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in church.
Plus it would make the news.
Everybody
would've heard. Honestly I regret not doing it. (If I) can't go do jihad at the
Middle East, I would do my jihad over here."
He
also told the undercover FBI agent that he carried a “large knife or sword in
his car” and if he got into a fight, said, “it is my dream to behead someone.”
His
arraignment occurred around the same time that Republican Presidential
candidate Donald Trump announced the need to ban Muslims from entering the
country.
Incredibly,
Trump’s assertion continues to be criticized even though existing federal law
already prohibits providing any aid, visa, Green Card, citizenship status, or
rights to Islamists seeking entrance into the country—since 1952.
The
Obama administration and previous administrations have intentionally and
repeatedly chosen to break the law. In fact, the last TEN presidents chose not to secure the U.S. border.
The
intentional ongoing failure to uphold the U.S. Constitution has obviously
created the dire situation in which Americans, and especially Christians, find
themselves.
But
what the local church can teach ISIS and America’s failed government, is that
the church is where people turn first in times of crisis. The refuge they seek
is only found in the eternal God who promises to shield them in times of
trouble with the shadow of his wings. The safest place for the church is the
church itself.
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