See, he didn’t have an actual Islamic State (ISIS) membership card, so his conviction was overturned. This is because authorities refuse to admit the possibility that an individual Muslim might independently decide to turn to jihad, without being a member of a designated terrorist organization. If authorities admitted this, they’d have to admit that there might be something within Islam that incites violence. And they’ll never come close to admitting that.
“Court overturns subway bomber’s conviction for giving ISIS ‘material support,’ raising questions about terrorism prosecutions,” by Nicki Brown, CNN, April 24, 2026:
(CNN) — A federal appeals court reversed a terrorism-related conviction for the 2017 New York City subway bomber in a decision that could have wide-reaching effects for the prosecutions of accused terrorists.
Akayed Ullah detonated a pipe bomb inside a busy Manhattan transit station in 2017, causing panic among commuters and injuring nearby civilians. Ullah later told investigators he carried out the attack in support of the terrorist group ISIS.
After a weeklong trial, Ullah was convicted of six charges, including one count of providing material support or resources to a terrorist organization. This week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his conviction on that charge, finding although Ullah was inspired by ISIS propaganda online, he acted “entirely independently” of the terrorist organization.
As a result, the evidence to convict Ullah of providing material support under the relevant statute was insufficient, the court found – though the panel upheld his convictions on the other charges, including committing a terrorist attack against mass transportation systems.
While the ruling will not affect Ullah’s sentence of life in prison, experts say it could affect previous convictions and how prosecutors approach terrorism-related cases going forward….
Wellington says
A distinction without a difference, though the bastard will still spend the rest of his useless life in prison unless some Leftist judge or judges release him entirely sometime in the future due to Leftism in its entirety being inimical to common sense, moral intelligence and thus Western codes of law that were formulated before the plague of Western Leftism became the chief contributory of the descent of Western Civilization, easily the greatest civilization of all time. Oh yeah, the rot in our era never ends.
Concluding here, Islam sucks but the use by Islam of the best that the West has created, and not only law but Western technology, the scientific method, democracy et al., and aided by useful idiots aplenty on the Left, will prove the death of the West if major reversal doesn’t happen soon. Still ain’t happening now.
Anon says
I find the confusion, general ignorance, and dangerous ignorance of Islam in the US unfortunate, as shown here.
Beans🫘 says
Him and his family are suing, a with a Jewish lawyer at that. Go figure.
The man was just an innocent pipe fitter who got mixed up with the wrong crowd
rick says
This ruling should not be hard to overturn. The article adds at the very end that “While the ruling will not affect Ullah’s sentence of life in prison” it may effect other convictions so it is important to overturn it. It should not be hard to do.
Today one doesn’t have to sign up, pay dues and carry a card to be a member of an Islamic terrorist gang. The terrorist who placed a bomb or shot someone may say “I did it for ISIS or al Qaeda or for the Mohammad Strike Down of Jews or whatever organization calls itself and not be a member of it. But the terrorist aims and desires are exactly the same as ISIS or whatever a group known for doing what he or she wants to do also. Most terrorists are illiterate and all they know is what they see on the TV. They in effect joined when they placed their bomb or shoot their victim. They do not need some official decal to put on their forehead.The judge who made this ruling is an idiot.
somehistory says
It doesn’t matter if he was recognized by the group of terrorists calling themselves isis; he did it in support of those terrorists and they were happy to hear of it. The new decision by the know-alls on the bench doesn’t diminish the guilt of the terrorist. Nor does it lessen the evil muzzies are taught and believe.
If the authorities, police, judges, parole officers, etc. wanted to put a damper on the terror, they would acknowledge the fact that islime is evil and its adherents commit evil acts in response to what they learn is their *right.*
Billy says
Muslims seek to impose impose Islamic Law under the guise of Religion in every society which includes Muslim discrimination, deceit, segregation, violence, and terrorism via Governments, Bureaucracies, Mosques, Muslim Homes, Muslim Schools, Halal Organizations, Islamic Centers, Sharia Courts, Muslim Non-Profits, etc. as taught by Allah in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 3:54; 7:99; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Muslims are Totalitarian Terrorists of Allah. After all, 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…”
We need to inform our leaders to include laws and regulations that require every Organization to comply with or adhere to the Country’s Constitution or to Universal Human Rights for Organizations to gain legal status protections, government funding, tax advantages, and other privileges. As a result, Islam would fail the Tests and not gain money to grow as efficiently because Islam opposes Western Laws.
Taffy says
The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is 100% correct!
Ya’ll can read all 101 pages if you do Deidre here: https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/OPN/21-1058_complete_opn.pdf
The court rightly found that Ullah’s crime(s) did not constitute “providing material
support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 2339B”
The statute says what it says, and only a very strained reading of the definitions in the statute would put Ullah’s conduct within this charge.
We all complain when an activist Obama judicial appointee twists the law against Trump, J6ers or anyone else. Here, the shoe fits the other foot. Ullah was indeed guilty of 5 out of 6 of the charged crimes stemming from his detonation if a pipe bomb in NYC’s underground, but not of providing support to ISIS.
He is currently at USP Florence ADMAX with his fellow terrorists. For some reason, the Federal Bureau of Prisons lists him as “Asian” instead of a filthy Muslim terrorist.
owensgate says
Another case where the admonition “Know your Enemy” has failed. We do not know our enemy. If we did, we would not allow Muslims into the country; we see what happens to countries that do, but “it can’t happen here”. What?
Captain Quirk says
Sorry, Sir, I’m a great admirer of you and your magnificent website, but when you write: ”This is because authorities refuse to admit the possibility that an individual Muslim might independently decide to turn to jihad, without being a member of a designated terrorist organization”, I have to correct you. This seems to be exactly what they did. But keep on the splendid work!
Huh?!? says
I do not really understand why the U.S. has to house these people. Deport them or execute them. Uncle Sam has enough information to understand why Islam does what it does.
Sarprina says
The Left continue to deny that Terror is a feature in Islam not a bug.
gravenimage says
Appeals court reverses NYC subway bomb jihadi’s conviction: ISIS inspired him, but he acted ‘independently’
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So now Jihad terror “inspired” by ISIS is legal? Madness…