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.

April 25, 2016 5:43 PM

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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April 21, 2016 1:05 PM

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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April 14, 2016 11:52 AM

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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April 12, 2016 4:00 AM

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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April 1, 2016 7:55 PM

Attorney defending Mpls. man departs ISIS terrorism case

A federal judge in Minneapolis Friday granted a defense attorney's motion to withdraw from representing a young Minnesota man facing charges of plotting to join ISIS.

by Laura Yuen and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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March 31, 2016 7:31 PM

Scrutiny grows over St. Paul imam's involvement in ISIS cases

On Friday, an attorney for one of the Minnesota men facing trial, asked to be removed from the case after questions surfaced about Hassan Mohamud, who is on his trial team.

by Laura Yuen and Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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March 29, 2016 1:55 PM

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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March 28, 2016 2:34 PM

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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March 24, 2016 5:00 PM

Some young Somalis voice skepticism about federal anti-terror program

The program is designed to help young Somalis with job skills and mentoring. But some of those young people say it treats them as a problem to be solved.

by Doualy Xaykaothao

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March 23, 2016 2:35 PM

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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