it means bodily harm i think not menacing words, but like all things its political. for example a muslim feels threatened by jewish middle aged pregnant women in seattle, so he shoots them.
the muslim communittee also feels threatened by the president of the ADL possessing a toy canon with some powder to go boom, like are sold in the back of comic books. So they got homeland security to kill him
Israelis feel threatened when missiles fall on their hospitals. But they are not allowed to stop them