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  Karrem Nsar, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested by the U.S. Justice Department and charged with attempting to assist the militant Islamist organization al Shabaab.
  
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  Nasr, who was arrested in Kenya on December 14, 2023 and brought to America on Thursday.
  
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  The man is accused of attempting to provide support material to al Shabaab. This terrorist group has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
  

The U.S. Justice Department announced that a New Jersey arrested in Kenya was charged with trying to aid militant Islamist al Shabaab. They claim he had been motivated to commit violence by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

The arrest coincides with an increase in antisemitism, Islamophobia and other incidents in response to the Israel-Gaza conflict that have increased the terror threat level in the United States.

Karrem Nasr was arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 14th and brought back to the United States, according to a Justice Department statement released on Friday.

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Prosecutors say that the 23-year old was charged with “attempting material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations,” which is punishable by a maximum of 20 years behind bars.

The United States has designated al Shabaab a “foreign terror organization.”

“As alleged by Karrem Nasr and motivated by the heinous terror attack perpetrated on October 7 by Hamas, devoted himself to wage violent jihad against America, its allies,” U.S. attorney Damian Williams stated.

Nasr traveled to Kenya from Egypt “determined to join and train with al Shabaab”, according the prosecutors.

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Nasr said that in communications with an FBI source, as well as online postings, he thought about “engaging jihad” for a very long time. He was especially motivated by the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, added prosecutors.

The Justice Department stated that Nasr had taken steps to join al Shabaab and to receive training. He planned to meet with members of the organization to travel to Somalia, where he would join the group. Kenyan authorities arrested him.

Nasr’s legal representative was not known.

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The Justice Department said that it was monitoring the rising threats against Jews in the United States, due to an increase in antisemitism in America and Islamophobia in connection with the Middle East war.

Early in December, FBI director Christopher Wray stated that the threat level had reached such a high level that he could see “blinking light everywhere”.