Articles by Stephen Montemayor

Legal

St. Louis Park man sentenced to 10 years for joining, fighting for ISIS overseas Abdelhamid Al-Madioum has since said he 'joined a death cult' and has helped the FBI investigate terror cases around the country.

June 13, 2024   

(Star Tribune) One sleeve of Abdelhamid Al-Madioum’s orange sweatshirt dangled where his right arm once was as he walked into a Minneapolis federal courtroom Thursday a decade older than he was when he began devouring the terror propaganda that led him to […]

Legal

Minnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: ‘I joined a death cult’ As federal authorities stopped groups of Minnesotans from traveling to ISIS territory a decade ago, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum escaped detection. His survival and return home was no less astonishing.

April 27, 2024   

(Star Tribune) The Islamic State group’s territory was wasting away five years ago when a member from Minnesota desperately dug a trench around his young family’s tent to protect against airstrikes in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. By then, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum […]

Government & Politics

New documents revisit questions about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s marriage history Although she has legally corrected the discrepancy, she has declined to say anything about how or why it happened.

June 22, 2019 and   

(Star Tribune) New investigative documents released by a state agency have given fresh life to lingering questions about the marital history of Rep. Ilhan Omar and whether she once married a man — possibly her own brother — to skirt immigration laws. […]