Somalis subpoenaed to testify to federal grand jury

According to the director of the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, attended by several of the missing Somali youth, has reported that at least 20 Somalis have been subpoenaed to testify to a federal grand jury. The spokesperson for the attorney's office has neither confirmed nor denied an investigation. Post Bulletin

MINNEAPOLIS Some local Somalis have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury as authorities continue to investigate whether some young Somali-American men were radicalized here and recruited to fight with terror groups in their homeland.[...]

Omar Hurre, director of Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center, the largest mosque in Minnesota, said about 20 young Somalis have asked him for advice about grand jury subpoenas in recent months.

This is the mosque that several of the missing Somali youth attended before going to Somali to wage jihad for al Shabaab....

"Most of them just come to me and say, 'Hey, I got this. What should I do?"' he said. "Some of them are even crying when they come to me and confused and scared because they think when they get a visit from any law enforcement agency ... that maybe they did something wrong."

The mosque has directed local Somalis seeking advice to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which refers them to an attorney to be advised of their rights.