An Algerian immigrant who admitted to planning to blow up synagogues in New York City was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ahmed Ferhani, 28, was the first person convicted under a state terror statute that went into effect following the 9/11 attacks. He was sentenced last Friday.
Ferhani could have been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison, but entered a plea agreement in December. He also will serve five years of probation under the terms of the agreement.
"By targeting a synagogue, which I knew to be a Jewish house of worship, in this manner, I intended to create chaos and send a message of intimidation and coercion to the Jewish population of New York City, warning them to stop mistreating Muslims," he said in December during his plea bargain hearing in state Supreme Court.
Ferhani and his alleged accomplice, Mohamed Mamdouh, whose case is still pending, were arrested after they bought three firearms and what they believed was a live grenade from an undercover police detective. They reportedly had planned to disguise themselves as hasidic Jews in order to get into the synagogues.
...they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Acts 17:11 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20 "Whatever it is, I'm against it. No matter what it is or who commenced it, I'm against it." Groucho Marx, from Horse Feathers
Monday, 18 March 2013
Algerian immigrant sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up New York synagogues
Have you ever noticed that a disproportionate number of anti-Jewish incidents seem to involve people with Islamic-sounding names? Here's another one, as reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 17, 2013:
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