A Tennessee man was found guilty on Thursday of plotting in 2015 to round up a militia and burn down a mosque, school and cafeteria in the upstate New York community of Islamberg, which is home to a mostly Muslim population, prosecutors said. The group planned to burn down the community’s mosque and shoot anyone who tried to stop them, according to the criminal complaint. The attorneys also argued that Doggart believed Islamberg residents were training for guerrilla warfare against the West, the newspaper reported. The 200 or so members of the community, in which children are home-schooled and residents worship at a mosque built on the 70-acre property, follow a Pakistani Sufi cleric. Doggart, who had been confined to his home since his apprehension, was taken into custody following Thursday’s verdict, WRCB TV news reported.

Source: Huffington Post February 17, 2017 16:07 UTC