Before Attack, Boulder Firebomber Filmed Himself Declaring ‘Jihad for Allah’s Sake’ Is More Important Than His Family

‘Not the Zionists, America, Britain, France, or Germany—only Allah has the right to be feared,’ said Mohamed Soliman, according to a video obtained by MEMRI

Before carrying out the firebombing attack on peaceful Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, foreign national Mohamed Soliman filmed himself declaring that “jihad for Allah’s sake” is more important than his mother, wife, and children.

The 45-year-old Soliman, who was born in Egypt and lived in Kuwait before moving to Colorado and overstaying a visa, made the remarks in an Arabic-language video obtained and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

“I say to my mother, my wife, my children, my brothers, my people: I attest before Allah and before you that Allah, his messenger, and jihad for Allah’s sake are more beloved to me than you and the whole world are,” he said.

Soliman was charged Monday with a federal hate crime and faces additional state charges, including 384 years for 16 counts of attempted murder, 48 years for 2 counts of using an incendiary device, and 192 years for 16 counts of attempted use of an incendiary device.

“Allah is greater than anything,” he said in the video. “Allah is greater than the Zionists, Allah is greater than America and its weapons, Allah is greater than the F-35 planes, Allah is greater than everything else. So why do we fear those who are inferior to Allah, rather than Allah himself?”

“Do not forget that Allah is greater than everything. Not the Zionists, America, Britain, France, or Germany—only Allah has the right to be feared,” Soliman continued. “If I told my wife and son every day to do something, but they didn’t do it, I would be angry. Maybe I would divorce my wife, maybe I would kick my son out of [my] home. Then what about Allah, who says to us everyday, dozens of times: ‘Allah Akbar.’ Do not forget: Allah Akbar.”

After being apprehended, Soliman allegedly told federal investigators that he “wanted to kill all Zionist people” and “would do it again.” Authorities investigating the crime scene discovered a block container that included at least 14 additional incendiary devices.

Soliman’s attack came just weeks after another act of anti-Semitic terror, this one in Washington, D.C., where Elias Rodriguez of Chicago gunned down two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.

Both attacks have left the Jewish community in America fearing for their safety as anti-Semitism skyrockets in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror spree and the outbreak of violent anti-Israel demonstrations across the country.

Federal immigration authorities detained Soliman’s family, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday. They face “expedited removal.”