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Illinois man sentenced for trying to join Islamic State
November 19, 2016 By Faith Matters

Illinois man sentenced for trying to join Islamic State

A would-be Islamic State recruit who worked in a Chicago-area hardware store was sentenced on Friday to more than three years in prison for seeking to join the militant group, federal prosecutors said. In exchange for a more lenient sentence than he might otherwise have faced if tried and convicted, Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 21, pleaded […]

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