Ashraf Al Safoo wanted “to cause confusion and spread terror within the hearts of those who disbelieved.”
Where did he get this idea? Straight from the Qur’an: “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” — Qur’an 8:60
“Chicago Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organization,” Department of Justice, April 17, 2026:
A Chicago man was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) by using social media to encourage attacks on ISIS’s enemies and recruit ISIS members.
Ashraf Al Safoo was a leader of Khattab Media Foundation, a sophisticated online organization that swore allegiance to ISIS and created and disseminated threats and ISIS propaganda on social media and other online platforms. Al Safoo and other members of Khattab created and posted pro-ISIS videos, articles, essays, and infographics at the direction of, and in coordination with, ISIS. Much of Khattab’s propaganda promoted violent jihad on behalf of ISIS, which has been designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization. In one posting, Al Safoo encouraged Khattab members to post pro-ISIS information “to cause confusion and spread terror within the hearts of those who disbelieved.” In another posting, Al Safoo wrote, “Work hard, brothers, edit the issue into short clips, take the pictures out of it and publish the efforts of your brothers in the pages of the apostates. Participate in the war, and spread terror, the [Islamic] State does not want you to watch it only, rather, it incites you, and if you are unable to, use it to incite others.”
Many of Khattab’s postings included images of violence, celebrations of terrorist attacks and mass shootings in the United States, and encouragement for “lone wolf” attacks in western countries.
Al Safoo, 41, has been in federal custody since his arrest in Chicago in 2018. Al Safoo immigrated to the U.S. in 2008 and naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2013….
John1 says
He from Iraq. Revoke his citizenship, and send him to the ISIS prison camp over there. Much cheaper.
somehistory says
Yes, the terrorist doesn’t deserve to be housed, fed, clothed and any medical needs addressed and paid for by Americans he hoped would die at the hands of his fellow terrorists.
Billy says
This is everyday Islam and its Muslims against Non-Muslims with Muslim enmity, hatred, discrimination, segregation, violence, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 3:28, 54; 7:99; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15; 98:6-7, etc.). Muslims from Mosques, Muslim Homes, Schools, Universities, Islamic Centers, Non-Profits, Halal Organizations, etc. follow Allah’s hatred and enmity with Islamic Law against Non-Muslims to gain more taxpayer, more political power, and more government control. 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…”
Allah stirs hatred, cursing, and punishment against Christians until the resurrection day as Qur’an 5:14 instructs, “And some of those who say, ‘Surely we are Nasara (Christians),’ we took their covenant. So they have forgotten a part of what they were reminded of, so we have stirred up ENMITY and HATRED among them until the resurrection day. And Allah will inform them of what they were doing.” See also Qur’an 2:225; 60:4; 8:55.
James Lincoln says
Sounds like a federal case.
Next stop:
ADX Florence, Colorado.
gravenimage says
+1
jerry glenn says
He’s not a migrant. He’s an invader.
gravenimage says
Exactly, Jerry.
Ralph says
It’s sickening to know that they walk among us
gravenimage says
Deport them after they serve their sentences.