This DAP highlights – ODNI report – Uyghur Genocide and Concentrated Reeducation Camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China / Gate 15’s Weekly Security Sprint EP 89 - Post election texts, terror arrests and threats, and compromised emails / USCIRF hearing – Addressing Entities of Particular Concern: Non-State Actors and Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 17 June 2024
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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
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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- Paul Leads Letter Requesting Hearing on Threat of Terrorists Exploiting Southern Border
- IIJ REMVE Initiative: Addressing the Threat of REMVE Radicalization to Violence in the Americas (Dept of State remarks in Argentina about racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, or REMVE)
- Terrorism threats in U.S. are ‘more diverse and difficult to counter’
- Terrorist Designations of Nordic Resistance Movement and Three Leaders
- US designates Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three leaders as terrorists
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
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.
- Line-Numbered Draft “Engaging Faith-Based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency Managers”
- Feedback Form
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)
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
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
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
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:
- FBI Highlights Growing Number of Reported Elder Fraud Cases Ahead of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- FinCEN Reminds Financial Institutions to Remain Vigilant to Elder Financial Exploitation
- FBI Dallas Raises Public Awareness About Elder Fraud, Exposes Common Scams, and Shares Tactics to Avoid Losing Your Savings
- White House: A Proclamation on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2024
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
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