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Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33)
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, was arrested on weapons charges. Federal authorities accuse him of planning to attack a Masonic temple in Milwaukee.
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
A 23-year-old Milwaukee resident charged with illegally possessing machine guns had planned a massacre at a Masonic temple in the city, federal officials said Tuesday.
Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was arrested Monday after buying two automatic weapons and a silencer from undercover agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin said in a statement.
The investigation thwarted an attack “that could have resulted in significant injury and/or loss of life,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Shields said in the statement announcing the arrest.
It was not immediately clear whether Hamzeh has retained legal representation.
A criminal complaint released by prosecutors alleges that Hamzeh toured a Masonic center in Milwaukee earlier this month with two confidential sources and then detailed plans for an attack in a meeting with them later that night.
Hamzeh allegedly said he was defending Islam and that he hoped to kill at least 30 people, according to the complaint.
The complaint contains chilling excerpts of comments allegedly made by Hamzeh, captured in a recording and translated from Arabic into English.
“If I got out, after killing thirty people, I will be happy 100% ….100% happy, because these 30 will terrify the world,” he said at one point, according to the complaint.
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I hope people and national media begin to see that Samy Mohamed Hamzeh is accused and on trial and every Muslim cannot be put on trial on airways, after any Muslim is accused or found guilty of hate crime.
If we keep practicing guilt by association, human rationality and reason-ability will be soon dead. We can do better than that in 21st century.
Terrorism has to be defeated not only militarily and tactically but also intellectually and theologically and the Muslim Times is doing it for you.