A radical Islamic cleric who was behind bars in Jamaica has been brought to New York City to face allegations he plotted to recruit followers and fighters for the Islamic State group.
NEW YORK — A radical Islamic cleric already behind bars in Jamaica has been brought to New York City to face allegations he plotted to recruit followers and fighters for the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Friday.
The 56-year-old al-Faisal, also known as Shaikh Faisal, has been compared to the fiery American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of al-Qaida in Yemen who was killed in 2011. Federal officials say al-Faisal’s sermons influenced Faisal Shahzad, the attempted Times Square bomber in New York City in 2010, and Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the “Underwear Bomber” from 2008.
Al-Faisal began a corresponding with the undercover police officer in November 2016, court papers said. He offered to help him join the Islamic State group, telling him, “I can link u with someone there.”
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