Radical Islamic cleric stands trial for trying to recruit 'NYPD cop' to ISIS
A radical Islamic cleric described by prosecutors as “one of the most influential English speaking terrorist of our times” is standing trial in Manhattan for allegedly encouraging a female undercover NYPD cop to carry out terror attacks.
“This defendant, with his extremist roots, formed an integral relationship with ISIS. He worked and aided ISIS and his mission to inflict terror,” Assistant District Attorney Gary Galperin told the jurors. They pointed to one of Osama Bin Laden’s speeches that Faisal had published on his website and insisted that “every word is a gem.”
“The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet,” he said in one speech, according to the indictment. He has pleaded not guilty to five counts — including conspiracy as a crime of terrorism and soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism.
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