Texas church thwarts Islamic terror attack
An armed member of a church in Burnet, Texas thwarted an Islamic terror attack Sunday by shooting at the attackers.
According to The Epicenter founder Kyle Bird, jihadists armed with AK-47s approached the church during its Head of the Year celebration. They tried to block the exit doors to prevent congregants from escaping once the planned massacre would begin.
“Before they could begin firing INSIDE, our team fired upon them OUTSIDE! They fled,” Bird wrote in a Facebook post.
The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the church around 10:30 AM.
“Upon the arrival of law enforcement, it became clear that shots had been fired, and that all of them came from a member of the church’s volunteer safety team,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
“The safety team member stated that he confronted 2 suspicious males outside the church, one of whom presented a rifle. The safety team member filed multiple rounds causing both males to enter a white minivan and flee the scene, driving north bound [sic] on US 281.”
The sheriff’s office said there were no injuries and that it is cooperating “with a number of state and federal agencies” regarding the incident. The suspects have not yet been apprehended. According to Channel 2 Now, the would-be attackers are both dark-skinned and at least one of them was wearing a white or off-white Muslim turban.
Mainstream media have not reported the story, which illustrates how firearms in the hands of taxpayers can promote a safe society.
Mosques have suffered almost no attacks since October 7th
The attempted terror attack came a day before the first anniversary of the October 7th massacre in Israel, when Muslims from Gaza slaughtered 1,200 men, women, and children and took 251 hostages. At least 64 are believed to still be held by Hamas in Gaza.
On Friday, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint statement warning Americans that the anniversary of October 7th “may be a motivating factor for violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators to engage in violence or threaten public safety.” The agencies cautioned that antisemitism and “Islamophobia” may lead to violence. They expressed concern that Arab institutions and mosques, along with synagogues and churches, may “present attractive targets for violent attacks or for hoax threats.”
According to a report last updated in May by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), though, there have been no attacks on mosques since October 2023. Since that May report of no incidents, there has been just one reported attack on a mosque, which involved a broken sign in front of the Nation of Islam's Muhammad Mosque No. 7C in Brooklyn.
