His lawyer insists he was just “sending financial support to orphans and widows.” Islamic State orphans and widows, that is.
“NYC illegal immigrant who posed with AK-47s busted for supporting ISIS — after ex-wife rats him out for ‘sham marriage’ to stripper,” by Cecilia Catalini, Joe Marino and Ben Kochman, New York Post, February 26, 2025:
A machine gun fanatic living in the country illegally was charged Wednesday with supporting ISIS — after his ex-wife ratted him out for getting a “sham” green-card marriage to a Bronx stripper, The Post has learned.
Mansuri Manuchekhri, a Tajikstan-born truck driver living in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, funneled $70,000 to “ISIS-affiliated individuals” between December 2021 and April 2023 — believing that the money was going to the families of slain ISIS fighters, the feds charged.
He also allegedly boasted to his terror-sympathizer buddies overseas about his firearms prowess.
“Thank God, I am ready, brother,” Manuchekhri, 34, texted a Turkish contact alongside a 17-second video of him firing an assault rifle at a target at a New Jersey shooting range, according to a federal complaint.
“I go for training at least once or twice a week,” he boasted to the same man alongside a similar video, court papers allege.
Federal agents uncovered a photo on Manuchekhri’s iCloud of him proudly pointing two AK-47 rifles into the air, court papers show.
The alleged terror sympathizer entered the country from Tajikistan in June 2016 on a non-immigrant tourist visa and remained in the country after it expired that December, authorities said….
Manuchekhri was held without bail during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court Wednesday afternoon, after prosecutors argued that his texts to his ISIS-affiliated contacts were evidence that “he may be prepared to take violent action on his own in furtherance of ISIS’s goals.”
His lawyer suggested that even if Manuchekhri knew where the money he sent overseas was going, it doesn’t prove he’s a terrorist himself.
“I look forward to seeing the government’s actual evidence proving that allegedly sending financial support to orphans and widows makes him a terrorist,” Jullian Harris-Calvin, of Federal Defenders of New York, said in an email.
One of the men that Manuchekhri schemed to funnel the cash to was arrested by Turkish authorities for a terrorism attack car bombing on the Jan.28, 2024 Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul, the feds said.
Manuchekhri also told his ex-wife that he admired Sayfullo Saipov, the Uzbek national who committed an infamous terror attack in New York City in 2017, the complaint alleges.
Saipov is “in heaven now,” the accused terror supporter told her, court papers say….
somehistory says
Another “illegal” managing to send a huge sum of money to his fav terror group.
How many of these mozlum terrorists got their money from usaid?
A “truck driver.” I’ve known truck drivers, but never any who could afford to shell out that kind of money.
I’ve also had relatives who were truck drivers. None of them ever had much extra money; after the maintenance and repair/upkeep and other expenses for their jobs, taking care of family, was pretty much all they could afford.
so, did this terrorist get the money from usaid?
JS says
He’s probably part of the Islamic explosion of immigrants let in by Obama and Biden. Many have questionable backgrounds, and that’s just doing a simple search on them.
This dirt bag better get deported ASAP.
Glen says
With me, my wife’s father and 3 brothers were and the husbands of her 2 sisters. None had that kind of money and all were born US Citizens.
I am guessing that he made routine collections of Islamic terr sympathizers. Is Islamic terrorist redundant?
commonsense says
How did this subhuman offal get hold of $70,000 to send in the first place? And what about his lawyer from Federal Defenders of New York? THAT organization, along with the lawyer himself, should also be investigated. If I had the time, I’d do it myself – a few internet searches might reveal quite a lot.
somehistory says
Here is a little bit
“The Federal Defenders of New York vigorously defends persons charged with federal crimes who cannot afford to hire an attorney. We are an independent, non-profit organization with lawyers practicing in the federal courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. We have offices located in Manhattan, Brooklyn, White Plains, and Central Islip.”
Their site lists some interesting **names**** one in particular is familiar to posters here….
“Federal Defenders of New York Statement on the First Circuit’s Vacatur of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Death Sentence on July 31, 2020”
Their “executive director is some woman last name “giwa.”
If this mozlum is too poor to hire an attorney, how did he send those funds to the terror group?
Oh, and they supported the Supreme Court bench thing for the creature who can’t define ”woman.”
Jennifer Fraser says
And where did it get all that money???
tgusa says
“NYC illegal immigrant who posed with AK-47s”
From the New York post article.
“Federal agents uncovered a photo on Manuchekhri’s iCloud of him proudly pointing two AK-47 rifles into the air, court papers show.”
Cmon guys, I would rather not nitpick but it would be nice if you Feds could get things correct. He has an AK in his left hand but that is a tactical shotgun in his right hand.
Yes, where did he get the money? USAID? Also, he is in NYC so where did he get the guns? USAID?
R G says
The one time leftists will support owning assault weapons!
somehistory says
those who support this, will support any illegal or criminal in owning weapons. They are against anyone who recognizes what they are up to, having weapons.
Billy says
Islam is a Terrorist, Criminal Gang Enterprise. Another Muslim is following Islam’s Quran against Non-Muslims. Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” See also Islamic Law Manual – “Reliance of the Traveller”, o9.0- and more.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous Muslim war, a religious duty, against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam due to UNBELIEF and BLASPHEMY against Allah when Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS(MTO) for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 3:151; 9:5,29,111 and more).
J Fryer says
A young man with more than 4 000 dollars a month that he gifts to people.
Imagine the potential for good if we all followed his example.
Widows and orphans deserve this money.
Perhaps instead of punishing these people they should let him continue with his good works rather than cost the country to incarcerate him.
Just make sure those widows and orphans are in his country of abode and deserving of his charity.
OLD GUY says
Is this what the left want running around in America? It sure looks like it with their open door migration policy. STOP the migration INVASION of these young muslim/islamic men into America. Nothing and I mean nothing good will come from it. Unless you like being threatened, raped or murdered on the streets of America by these islamic thugs.
This violence against non muslim/islamic followers begins in the mosque where they train young boys to carry out this violence. So close down mosque and deport the Imam’s who are teaching this hate to children.
Alkflaeda says
If Saipov is in Heaven, he’s probably there illegally.