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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 17 June 2024

Faith-Based Security Headlines

These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Houses of Worship Face Multiple Threats

Pressure mounts on Biden admin to issue national terrorism alert after arrest of suspected ISIS-tied border crossers

Former homeland security officials are slamming the Biden administration for failing to issue a national terror threat bulletin for over a year — despite a string of serious potential terror threats stemming from the southern border… The federal government has recognized the US is in a “heightened” threat environment, while FBI Director Chris Wray has made public warnings about what, how and why those threats could materialize.

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Catoosa County man charged with terroristic threats after posting videos online

Catoosa County, Georgia investigators are building a case against a man who has been seen on his video disrupting church services and making terroristic threats. Deputies say (name omitted) had two guns in his possession, including a loaded AR-15 pistol. When he was arrested Sunday at a church. Deputies arrested (name omitted) after he made a post asking people to show up at the Ringgold Church of God to join his militia. He also made a stop seven days before that at the Catoosa Baptist Tabernacle and another church, where he recorded himself walking in and disrupting service. 

UK: Teenager’s chilling five-word warning as he plotted suicide bomb attack on synagogue

A teenage neo-Nazi has been jailed for eight years for creating a detailed plan to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a synagogue because he wanted “to make Jews afraid again”. (name omitted), 19, from Brighton, was convicted at trial of possession of an article connected with the preparation of an act of terrorism against the synagogue in Hove, East Sussex. He had also pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing material likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, as well as five offences of sharing terrorist publications dating back to when he was aged 16. The defendant had shared right-wing videos and possessed bomb instruction manuals, Winchester Crown Court heard.

Analyst Comments:

While it is easy to become numb to repeated threat warnings, Faith-Based Organizations should consider maintaining or increasing vigilance and preparedness. As the above items show, there are currently multiple serious threats to houses of worship.

Reminder – June 21 Deadline for Comments on FEMA’s Faith-Based Related Planning Guide

FEMA Seeks Feedback on Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning for Emergency Managers.”

The open comment period will conclude at close of business on June 21, 2024.

Faith-Based ISAO’s 8 May 2024 Daily Awareness Post (DAP) highlighted FEMA Seeks Feedback on Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning for Emergency Managers.”

The DAP explained that FEMA and the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are seeking feedback on the draft, “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers.” 

A line-numbered version of the draft guide is provided to help identify specific areas or topics for potential update. The feedback form can be used to capture any recommendations. To provide input, download the line-numbered version of the document “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers” and feedback form, then submit the completed feedback form to [email protected]. This open comment period will conclude at close of business on June 21, 2024.

 Analyst Comments:

FEMA’s call for feedback on Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers provides an opportunity for Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) to make recommendations on the guidance emergency mangers receive.  This may lead to the emergency managers providing assistance that is most beneficial to FBOs. Utilizing the Line-Numbered Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers” and providing feedback on the Feedback Form is probably the most effective way for your input to reach the document’s publishers.

The open comment period will conclude at close of business on June 21, 2024.

More Faith-Based Stories

Indian suspect in plot to kill Sikh separatist extradited to US

AL: Man admits shooting into occupied vehicle at Andalusia church, police say

Pittsburgh Serial Arsonist Torched Old Restaurant, Church: Police

CHURCH VANDALISM: East Tulsa church’s A/C units destroyed by vandals

Vandal scrawls ‘Palestine’ on wall of NYC’s Park Avenue Synagogue

IL: Far South Side church’s pride flags set ablaze by vandals

Norfolk Church Pride banner taken and signs left vandalized

Three Defendants Plead Guilty to a Civil Rights Conspiracy Targeting Pregnancy Resource Centers and Federal Guilty Plea as to “Jane’s Revenge” Threats and Vandalism Toward “Pro-Life Pregnancy Help Centers” (incidents occurred in 2022)

ADL: GAI Music Creation Tool Suno Has Been Weaponized to Promote Hate

Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 (June 14, 2024)

TX: Pastor Robert Morris confesses to ‘moral failure’ after woman claims he began molesting her at age 12

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Counter Islamophobia

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Occasion of Eid al-Adha

Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on the Occasion of Eid al-Adha

Dept of State: On the Occasion of Eid al-Adha

Congo: ISIS kills dozens of Christians in DRC; churches close after latest attacks

India: Cuttack: Miscreants hurl bomb at Baptist Church

Boy accused of terrorist act in Sydney church faces new charges of stabbing bishop and priest

Police investigating vandalism at north London Jewish temple

Canada: Hamilton Police Investigating Incident at Mosque

Saudi Arabia Holds Daily Hajj Press Conference: Security, Operations Updates Provided

Interior Ministry Apprehends 18 Violators of Hajj Regulations

Presidency of Two Holy Mosques Affairs Distributes 500,000 Digital Barcodes for Translation of Arafat Sermon

Select All-Hazards Stories

Gunman who shot 9 people — including 2 kids — at Michigan water park lived with mom, may have planned more attacks and Police search for motive after apparent ‘random’ shooting at Michigan recreation center wounds at least 9

2 killed, 14 injured in shooting at Juneteenth celebration in Texas; police searching for suspect

American, Israeli Flags Burned Outside NYC Consulate, 1 Arrested, 2 Wanted

‘Neo Nazi’ knifeman attacks two children, leaving 12-year-old seriously wounded at Finnish shopping centre

3 children among 6 killed in latest “massacre” of family wiped out by hitmen in Mexico

Activist involved in kidnapping Australian man seen wearing Hamas logo

Pride flags were again vandalized at the Stonewall National Monument

Hamburg police fire shots at axe-wielding man ahead of Euro 2024 match

Vile scenes in Germany as fans spotted using Nazi salute ahead of Euro 2024 fixture

IntelBrief: Two October 7-Related Fronts Near Eruption

Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Announces Anticipated Distribution of at Least $940M to Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism in 2025

Heat Wave in the Northeastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Plains and Upper Midwest; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwestern U.S. National Weather Service

Heavy rain, landslides kill 6 in India’s Sikkim, 2,000 tourists stranded

Former CDC director predicts bird flu pandemic

Elder Abuse Awareness Day:

Protect Yourself from Summer Vacation Scams: Stay Cyber Aware During Your Vacation

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.

FTC Data Shows Major Increases in Cash Payments to Government Impersonation Scammers

FBI warns of Mexican cartels targeting Americans in timeshare fraud schemes

More Security-focused Content

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