Called to Fight

Violent extremists are again recruiting young Muslims in Minnesota. The call to terror continues to trouble federal investigators, Muslim faith leaders, and the nation’s largest Somali-American community.

Minnesota terror suspect deemed flight risk, held for trial
Abdirahman Daud is accused of trying to fight for ISIS in Syria. His lawyer talked in court about the long history of Americans going overseas to fight for causes.
In the first meeting between U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger and Somali-Americans since six men were indicted on charges of trying to join ISIS, Luger received a polite but testy reception.
A first: John Kerry's unannounced visit to Somalia
Kerry became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Somalia. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called the visit 'a great moment' for his country.
Man detained by FBI in East Africa seeks ability to sue
Amir Meshal, 32, of Eden Prairie, studied Islam in Somalia, where FBI agents interrogated him for two months. His lawyers told a federal appeals court panel that agents violated his rights.