It is good that the imam asked him to leave, and apparently notified the police. We need to see much more of that sort of thing. But how did this man get the idea in the first place that an imam in a mosque might be willing to help him blow up an NYPD precinct? Where did this man learn his Islam? Will that be investigated once he is caught? Almost certainly not.
Also how do the police know that this man is not “of sound mind”? Or are they just assuming, as do so many other officials, that because Islam is such a peaceful religion, only those of unsound mind could possibly think that it mandates violence?
“Police Searching for Man Who Asked Imam to Help Blow Up Precinct,” NBC 4 New York, August 27, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Police are searching for a man who walked into a New York City mosque and asked an imam to help him blow up an NYPD precinct.
The NYPD says the man is wanted for questioning in making terroistic [sic] threats at the Bronx Muslim Center on 702 Rhinelander Ave. on Sunday. The iman asked the man to leave and he complied, according to police.
A police spokesperson said the man was not “of sound mind.”…