Muslim Who Plotted Jihad Massacre at Taylor Swift Concert Says ‘If I Am Killed As a Muslim, I Will Go to Paradise’

Devout Austrian Muslim who pledged allegiance to ISIS admits plotting mass slaughter at a Taylor Swift concert—driven by jihadist ideology and devotion to Sharia. Will Taylor and her woke peers acknowledge the horror of this threat? Did Ariana Grande when a Muslim bomb her Manchester concert?

Muslim who plotted jihad massacre at Taylor Swift concert says ‘If I am killed as a Muslim, I will go to Paradise’

By: Jihadwatch, May 3, 2026:

Where did he get this idea? Straight from the Qur’an:

“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” (9:111)

“Austrian man admits plot to attack 2024 Taylor Swift concert,” DW, April 28, 2026:

An Austrian citizen accused of planning an attack at one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleaded guilty as his trial opened on Tuesday. The man was also tried on various terrorism charges.

A man accused of plotting a terror attack at one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleaded guilty on Tuesday….

Beran A. was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the superstar singer in Vienna….

Vienna prosecutors said in a statement in 2024 that the Austrian man had declared allegiance to the so-called “Islamic State” terror group by sharing propaganda material.

Prosecutors on Wednesday tried Beran A. for planning attacks in the Middle East with another Slovakian man and for helping a third man who has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a knife attack in Mecca….

*In accordance with the German press code, Deutsche Welle refrains from publishing the full name of criminal suspects.”Details on Terror Suspect: Building Booby Traps in the Kitchen,” translated from “Details über Terrorverdächtigen: Sprengfallenbasteln in der Küche,” Die Presse, August 15, 2024:

While the Frequency Festival—the first major event to take place following the cancellation of the Taylor Swift concerts due to alleged attack plots—gets underway, initial details are emerging regarding how and when terror suspect Beran A. came to the attention of the authorities, and how he prepared for the alleged attack on the concert….

Excerpts from his initial interrogations—in which he admitted to plans for an attack, claims he has since retracted according to Tomanek—offer clues as to what was preoccupying A. As reported by the *Kronen Zeitung* and other outlets, he stated that he had spent the past few weeks playing first-person shooter games on his PlayStation, working out at the gym, and reading the Quran. He felt repulsed by friends and acquaintances due to their “sins”; he had dedicated his life to Allah and claimed to be a proponent of Sharia law.

He claimed to have no fear of death: “I see no purpose for myself in this world. For there are simply too many sinners here.” And: “If I am killed as a Muslim, I will go to Paradise.” According to the *Krone*, Tomanek commented on these initial statements as follows: His client had—”to put it mildly—spouted an immense amount of nonsense. He deliberately exaggerated the nature of his faith. He confessed to things he never did, never intended to do, and indeed could not possibly have done.”