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United States v. Ayob Nasser and 2 others

Status: Ayob Nasser: Charged, November 5, 2025; Majed Mahmoud: Charged, November 5, 2025; Mohmed Ali: Charged, November 5, 2025

District
Eastern District of Michigan
Docket number
Not matched
Group named in DOJ releases
ISIS
Statutes
Not stated in DOJ release
First DOJ release
November 3, 2025

Primary Sources

  1. Multiple Suspects Charged for Having Firearms in Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Office of Public Affairs, November 3, 2025 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan)
  2. Third suspect arrested and charged along with two current defendants for conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and having firearms that would be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan, November 5, 2025

Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).

Ayob Nasser

Status
Charged (DOJ release, November 5, 2025)
From the DOJ release:
Today, the FBI arrested a third defendant, Ayob Nasser, 19, of Dearborn, Michigan, in connection with the alleged ISIS terrorism case from earlier this week against other two Dearborn men, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud.
Age
19 (per DOJ release of November 5, 2025)
Charges as described by DOJ
conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and possessing firearms to be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS
Charged or arrested
November 5, 2025

Majed Mahmoud

Status
Charged (DOJ release, November 5, 2025)
From the DOJ release:
Today, the FBI arrested a third defendant, Ayob Nasser, 19, of Dearborn, Michigan, in connection with the alleged ISIS terrorism case from earlier this week against other two Dearborn men, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud.
Age
Not stated
Charges as described by DOJ
conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and possessing firearms to be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS
Charged or arrested
November 3, 2025

Mohmed Ali

Status
Charged (DOJ release, November 5, 2025)
From the DOJ release:
Today, the FBI arrested a third defendant, Ayob Nasser, 19, of Dearborn, Michigan, in connection with the alleged ISIS terrorism case from earlier this week against other two Dearborn men, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud.
Age
Not stated
Charges as described by DOJ
conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and possessing firearms to be used to commit an act of terrorism on behalf of ISIS
Charged or arrested
November 3, 2025

Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Ayob Nasser and 2 others," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-nasser-2025/