Mind-blowing to think the favorite cleric of the Islamic State’s western recruits lives in America, not-so-mind-blowing to think he lives in Dearbornistan.
(WXYZ) – Detroit – A controversial Dearborn cleric, on probation for fraud, and on the U.S. government’s radar for his extreme views, must tell the feds where and from whom his income is coming from.
They believe he is hiding assets and information.
Ahmad Jebril has failed to pay the majority of the nearly $250,000 in restitution he owes after facing 42 charges of financial fraud, they say.
Jebril’s probation is set to come to an end in mere days. He has refused to answer the U.S. Attorney’s questions, they claim. His attorney was fighting the call that he be forced to testify to his financials. Its believed he may have lied to his probation officer, and testifying could lead to new charges.
Judge Rosen said today—too bad. He wants Jebril to testify, but with some protections. That’s to be discussed tomorrow in further detail.
Jebril, who was reading what appeared to be a copy of the Quran in court, refused to comment, and walked away from 7 Action News cameras after court.
The 7 Investigators have reported extensively on Jebril over the past year. He is known for advocating Jihad and influencing hundreds of thousands of ISIS followers on social media.
More on Jebril via Daily Caller:
The most popular religious leader for Western recruits in the Islamic State lives in Dearborn, Michigan.
Ahmad Jebril, in his early 40s, was born in the Detroit suburb, home to a large Arab-American community. In the mid-2000s, Jebril and his father were convicted on charges of fraud in connection with rental properties, and it wasn’t the only offense uncovered by authorities, reports The Wall Street Journal:
At the time, prosecutors also said the younger Mr. Jebril was running a radical website that “contained a library of fanatically anti-American sermons by militant Islamic clerics, in English and in Arabic.”
Since Jebril’s release in 2012, federal authorities have closely monitored the cleric’s Internet activity, travel and finances. But official attempts at quieting Jebril’s cheerleading of jihadis could be hindered once he completes probation at the end of March.