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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.

Sixth Minnesota ISIS suspect pleads guilty as trial date nears

Sixth Minnesota ISIS suspect pleads guilty as trial date nears

Charges against Hamza Ahmed included using student loan money to buy airline tickets to Turkey on the way to fight for ISIS. He pleaded guilty Monday in a deal that dropped several charges.
by Matt Sepic

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Feds: Minnesota men spoke of terrorist attacks in U.S.

Prosecutors said one defendant, Guled Ali Omar, talked about establishing a route from the U.S. to Syria through Mexico, then telling the Islamic State group about the route so it could be used to send fighters into America to carry out attacks.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Suspect in Minnesota ISIS terror case changes plea to guilty

Suspect in Minnesota ISIS terror case changes plea to guilty

Adnan Farah, 20, of Minneapolis admitted to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of conspiring to murder overseas.
by Laura Yuen and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Feds link Minneapolis ISIS suspect to al-Shabab

Feds link Minneapolis ISIS suspect to al-Shabab

Federal prosecutors say a young Minneapolis man facing charges that he plotted to travel to Syria to fight for the terrorist group ISIS also tried to enlist with al-Shabab extremists in Somalia as early as 2012.
by Laura Yuen

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Man charged with threatening to shoot, blow up Walgreens

Man charged with threatening to shoot, blow up Walgreens

Abdul Raheem Habil Ali-Skelton, 23, faces three felony counts of making terroristic threats in connection with Sunday's incident at the store in Brooklyn Park.
by The Associated Press

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Feds: Defender of Minnesota ISIS suspect 'preaching jihad'

Feds: Defender of Minnesota ISIS suspect 'preaching jihad'

Federal prosecutors say a "co-conspirator" made the claim against Imam Hassan Mohamud, a member of the legal defense team for one of the ISIS suspects.
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Squeezed at its base, ISIS grows more dangerous elsewhere

Squeezed at its base, ISIS grows more dangerous elsewhere

The Islamic State has been steadily losing ground in its self-described caliphate of Syria and Iraq. But it is becoming more potent with its terror attacks in Europe and North Africa.
by Greg Myre

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