MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Four more men convicted in the government’s investigation into terror recruiting for al-Shabab in Somalia are scheduled to be sentenced in federal court.
The defendants who face sentencing Tuesday include two men who left Minnesota to join the terrorist group — and one man who has been characterized as a recruiter.
During last year’s trial of another defendant, witnesses said Omer Abdi Mohamed used his knowledge of the Quran to convince them they had a duty to fight. After the trial, Mohamed was arrested when the court learned he was working at a school. A federal judge called him “a danger to the community.”
Mohamed’s attorney has denied that his client was a recruiter.
Authorities say that since 2007, more than 20 young men have left Minnesota to join al-Shabab.
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