FBI Arrests Five in Michigan Over Alleged ISIS-Inspired Halloween Plot

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Above: Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on Oct. 31, 2025. Image copyright: JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP/Getty Images

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Pro-establishment narrative

Thanks to FBI Director Kash Patel and Michigan law enforcement, a potentially deadly ISIS-inspired attack over Halloween weekend was stopped before it could reach U.S. communities. The arrests in Dearborn and Inkster demonstrate the bureau’s proactive surveillance and undercover work effectively disrupting international terrorist plots. This operation underscores that strong, coordinated federal and local law enforcement action is essential to keeping Americans safe.

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Establishment-critical narrative

The FBI’s “Halloween terror plot” in Dearborn was a manufactured entrapment operation designed to create headlines rather than stop a real threat. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said and other young wannabes were guided and monitored by multiple undercover agents for over a year, with no action taken. The operation was timed and framed under Director Patel to boost optics and distract from real ISIS cells while presenting a media spectacle.

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Right narrative

Dearborn’s Muslim-majority population has repeatedly surfaced in ISIS-inspired extremist plots, highlighting how concentrated foreign-born communities can be exploited by international terrorist networks. This latest Halloween attack plot, along with past cases in the area, reveals how extremists use local networks and online chat rooms to plan violence. These incidents underscore the ongoing threat such communities can harbor and the need for focused vigilance to protect Americans.

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Left narrative

While any extremist ideology can find adherents, the fact that violent plots occur across all communities — from far-right white supremacists to anarchist cells to Islamist-inspired actors — reminds us that the issue isn’t inherent to Muslim communities. Over-emphasizing the religious identity of perpetrators risks ignoring the wider political, socioeconomic and cultural drivers of radicalization and can unfairly stigmatize whole populations.

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