The Raleigh jihad group refers to seven men arrested on July 27, 2009 near

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the South ...

on charges of participating in a

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to commit "violent

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". An eighth man in the

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, believed to be in

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, was not arrested. Daniel Boyd was the suspected ringleader, who along with Hysen Sherifi were also indicted on conspiring to attack troops at the US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.

History

The arrests were made on 27 July 2009. The men were accused of plotting to wage "violent

" outside the

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. The alleged leader of the group,

Daniel Patrick Boyd Daniel Patrick Boyd (born 1970, also known as Saifullah) is an American who in July 2009 was convicted for his participation in a jihadist terrorist cell in North Carolina. Biography Boyd graduated from T. C. Williams High School in Alexandr ...

, was accused of recruiting seven men, including two of his sons, to take part in a

"to advance violent jihad, including supporting and participating in terrorist activities abroad and committing acts of murder,

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or maiming persons abroad." According to the indictment, members of the group practiced military tactics and the use of weapons in rural North Carolina, and traveled to

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and

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hoping "to engage in violent jihad."

Defendants

All defendants faced one count each of

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to provide resources to

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and conspiring to murder, kidnap and injure persons abroad. *

, 39, a U.S.-born citizen. Alleged leader of the group, accused of recruiting the seven men. Lives in Willow Spring with his wife, three sons, daughter, and

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. Also accused of selling a gun to a felon. Boyd has a scheduled release date of April 1, 2025. *Dylan (a.k.a. Mohammad) Boyd, 22, Daniel Boyd's eldest son. Lives in Willow Spring with his wife and parents. Also accused of selling a gun to a felon. Boyd has a scheduled release date of July 15, 2016. *Zakariya Boyd, 20, Daniel Boyd's second eldest son. Lives with parents in Willow Spring. Traveled with his father to

in 2007, but was denied entry. Boyd has a scheduled release date of May 30, 2017. *Anes Subasic, 33, a Bosnian

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and a

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American citizen. Resides in

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with his father. Attended a sniper training camp in

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Subasic has a scheduled release date of October 8, 2035. *Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, a U.S.-born citizen. Traveled with Ziyad Yaghi to Israel in April 2007, but was denied entry at

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. Hassan has a scheduled release date of August 21, 2022. * Ziyad "Jimmy" Yaghi, 21, a

American citizen. Traveled to

in 2006. Traveled with Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan to

in April 2007, but was denied entry at

. He has a scheduled release date of February 26, 2037. *Hysen Sherifi, 24, the only non U.S. citizen, a native of

, and a U.S. legal permanent resident. An

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born in

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. Flew to Kosovo on 30 July 2008 where he stayed seven months. Sherifi has a scheduled release date of October 19, 2048. *Jude Kenan Mohammad, 20, a U.S.-born citizen. Traveled to Pakistan in October 2008, where he was arrested by Pakistani officials and accused of trying to travel illegally in a tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghan border. Killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in November 2011. At their detention hearings,

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William Webb ruled that all were to be held without

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until trial.

References

{{reflist Islamic terrorism in the United States Terrorist incidents in the United States in 2009 Prisoners and detainees of North Carolina Failed terrorist attempts in the United States 2009 in North Carolina