{"id":63158,"date":"2026-03-13T15:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63158"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:52:24","slug":"what-could-possibly-be-the-motive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63158","title":{"rendered":"What Could Possibly Be The Motive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/crime\/police-respond-active-shooter-michigan-synagogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> posted an article about the attack on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>One person was injured Thursday after a man drove his car into a synagogue in Michigan, and the suspect was found dead in his vehicle, according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Officials <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/west-bloomfield-michigan-synagogue-99884aa558523928953bf5d31018c150\">identified<\/a> the suspected driver as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized citizen born in Lebanon who came to the United States in 2011 on an immigrant visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>No children or staff were injured in the incident at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, but one of the security guards was taken to the hospital after being hit by the vehicle, Bouchard said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/michigan-synagogue-shooting-03-12-26?t=1773339096683\">CNN reported<\/a>. The guard is expected to recover.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Officials said 30 other law enforcement officers have been treated for smoke inhalation after the vehicle caught fire following the crash.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>No motive for the incident has been reported so far, though the FBI has described the crash as a &#8220;targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Bouchard said that the suspect drove through the doors of the building and down the hall, and that officials believe there was only one person in the car. He also noted that security saw and engaged the suspect in gunfire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the FBI describes the crash as a &#8220;targeted act of violence against the Jewish community,&#8221; how much more of a motive do you need?<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Michigan State Police&#8217;s Second District said troopers are increasing patrols at other places of worship in the district.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to its website, Temple Israel is the largest Reform synagogue in the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield Middle School, Doherty Elementary School, and Bloomfield Hills Schools are currently in secure mode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/police-respond-active-shooter-situation-at-temple-israel\/\">CBS News reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Jewish Federation of Detroit urged all Jewish organizations to go into &#8220;lockout protocol.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some news sources are bold enough to call this an act of domestic terrorism. That is accurate. We will never solve the problem if we fail to identify it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Just the News posted an article about the attack on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. 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