{"id":496598,"date":"2026-03-24T00:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=496598"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:22:25","slug":"isis-inspired-man-sets-fire-to-conor-mcgregors-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=496598","title":{"rendered":"Isis-inspired man sets fire to Conor McGregor\u2019s pub"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1s204oq\/isisinspired_man_sets_fire_to_conor_mcgregors_pub\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/KzvfWZu3zpKeGPC9BwL7FJh3ftXU2i_jHWQIbLRiuJ4.jpeg?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=ec438636e3a03108ae3474924b0a52d1b628ea88\" alt=\"Isis-inspired man sets fire to Conor McGregor\u2019s pub\" title=\"Isis-inspired man sets fire to Conor McGregor\u2019s pub\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>A self-described jihadist who set fire to a pub owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> and later stabbed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\/\">garda<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\">Dublin<\/a> street while shouting \u201cAllahu akbar\u201d told detectives he was inspired by the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/islamic-state\">Islamic State<\/a>, Musab al-Zarqawi, and had pledged his allegiance to the terrorist organisation.<\/p>\n<p>A sentencing hearing at the three-judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/special-criminal-court\">Special Criminal Court<\/a> also heard on Monday that Abdullah Khan (24), who describes himself as a Salafi jihadist, is part of a \u201cwider group of people of a like-minded mindset\u201d. Det Insp Gavin Ross of the Garda Special Detective Unit (SDU) said an investigation is ongoing, with lines of inquiry still open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/TomlinSteelers\"> \/u\/TomlinSteelers <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/courts\/2026\/03\/23\/isis-inspired-man-who-attacked-gardai-and-conor-mcgregors-pub-is-part-of-like-minded-group\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1s204oq\/isisinspired_man_sets_fire_to_conor_mcgregors_pub\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A self-described jihadist who set fire to a pub owned by Conor McGregor and later stabbed a garda on a Dublin street while shouting \u201cAllahu <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=496598\" title=\"Isis-inspired man sets fire to Conor McGregor\u2019s pub\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":496600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=496598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":496601,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496598\/revisions\/496601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/496600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=496598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=496598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=496598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}