A Muslim man who spewed threats and brandished weapons in a Facebook video after he was booted out of a Christian conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has recently been arrested on terrorism-related charges.
On Apr. 9, Ehab Abdumutta Jaber posted live videos on Facebook after he was kicked out of the Worldview Weekend Conference, which was notably critical of radical Islam. The 45-year-old Muslim took to social media to show off his two handguns and one assault rifle and to threaten the Christians who attended the gathering, The Christian Post recalls.
Sam Clemens, a representative of the Sioux Falls Police Department had earlier said Jaber would most likely not be charged because his acts were within the boundaries of the law. However, South Dakota Attorney Gen. Marty Jackley and Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman announced last week that the Muslim man was slapped with one count of terrorist threat charge.
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He was observed to have been videotaping an ongoing event with his cell phone and carrying a handgun,” Jackley’s office said in the press release. “He was escorted out of the event, but later was found to be live streaming terrorist threats to the public and brandishing a number of firearms and ammunition.”
The previous lack of charges against Jaber had sparked calls for the sacking of the prosecutor and the police chief. Tennessee radio host Brannon Howse, who organized the Christian conference, asked his audience to give their opinions regarding the response of the authorities to the Muslim man’s threats, Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports.
On Friday, Howse also asked if a Christian would also not be charged almost two weeks after he did the same thing at a Muslim conference. Jackley, on the other hand, explained that federal prosecutors have jurisdiction over situations related to terrorism and that the investigation was still ongoing at that