ISIS
United States v. Harafa Hussein Abdi
Status: Harafa Hussein Abdi: Charged, February 16, 2024
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B; 18 U.S.C. § 2339D
- First DOJ release
- February 16, 2024
Primary Sources
- U.S. Citizen Charged with Providing Material Support to Isis And Receiving Military-Type Training at Isis Fighter Camp, Office of Public Affairs, February 16, 2024 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Harafa Hussein Abdi
- Status
- Charged (DOJ release, February 16, 2024)
- From the DOJ release:
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said: “As stated in the complaint, Mr. Abdi left his country to join ISIS, trained as a fighter, and actively aided the group’s propaganda efforts to spread its vile ideology.
- Age
- 41 (per DOJ release of February 16, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- providing and conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and receiving and conspiring to receive military-type training from ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- February 16, 2024
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Harafa Hussein Abdi," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-abdi-2024/