Mufid Fawaz Alkhader

In Custody
Date of birth:1995
Age:31
Gender:Male
Race:Middle Eastern
Era:2020s
Inmate Number:#90377-510
State:New York
Address:2225 Haley Barbour Pkwy, Yazoo City, MS 39194
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 11 Months 3 Days
Support
Anti-Zionism
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader

Biography

Mufid Fawaz Alkhader is an Iraqi immigrant who fired a gun outside of Temple Israel in Albany while shouting “Free Palestine”. He then tried to tear an Israeli flag from a flagpole in front of the building. He told police he had done this because he wanted to frighten Zionists. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Case

Charges: 18 USC 922(g)(3) Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; 18 USC 371 + 922(a)(6) Conspiracy / False Statement in Firearms Purchase; 18 USC 247(a)(2) Obstruction of Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs With a Dangerous Weapon; 18 USC 924(c)(1)(A)(ii) Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence - Albany Temple Israel shotgun
Arrested: Dec 7, 2023
Sentenced: Aug 12, 2025
Incarcerated: Dec 7, 2023
Sentence: 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, imposed on August 12, 2025 by Judge Anne M. Nardacci of the Northern District of New York. He pleaded guilty on February 4, 2025 to conspiring to straw-purchase a firearm, obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs with a dangerous weapon, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Judge: Anne M. Nardacci
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty

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