Detectives today charged a Nashville woman with attempted terrorism for allegedly making statements intimating bodily injury to coworkers at the Dell facility in South Nashville. Police say Amal Ahmed Abdullahi, 29, of Zermatt Avenue, is accused of intimidating/coercing a civilian population, that being her coworkers.  We're told a representative of her employer, CEVA Logistics, signed the arrest warrant as the prosecutor. An employee  for CEVA alleges that Abdullahi told him at work last Saturday that her people were dying for Allah every day; that she was ready to die for Allah; that this whole country will be Muslim soon; that this country is full of non-believers and that this place (her work place) is full of non-believers; that all unbelievers should die; that her life starts after death; that her life is not here, nobody pays attention to her and she should pick up a gun and shoot all these people. Police tell us the employee reported what was said to his superiors at the company.  The police department was contacted yesterday and an investigation was begun.  During an interview with a detective today, police say Abdullahi initially denied the conversation, and that she later acknowledged discussing a topic of a religious nature with her coworker.

“It is important that everyone understand this is a prosecution of one individual, and is absolutely not reflective of Nashville’s Muslim community,” said Captain Paul S. Trickey, who commands the police department’s Specialized Investigations Division.  “We believe the allegations as presented to us, and the company’s desire to prosecute, warranted today’s arrest action.  At the same time, no other arrests are anticipated.”

Abdullahi is being held in lieu of $50,000 bond.
Woman Charged with Attempted Terrorism for Alleged Threats in the Workplace