RAIR Foundation
Once again, America is confronted with the consequences of willful blindness. A man from Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey—Gafur Abdudzhamilovich Aliev, age 44—has been indicted for lying on his U.S. naturalization application by concealing ties to the terrorist organization ISIS. This isn’t an isolated case—it’s a symptom of a national security failure.
Aliev embedded himself into American society while actively supporting one of the world’s most savage jihadist networks. From 2018 to 2020, he operated as a moderator and recruiter in encrypted ISIS channels, targeting supporters, sympathizers, and new recruits. He openly admitted to sending money to ISIS to help purchase weapons. This man, who helped arm Islamic terrorists, has been living freely in Edison, New Jersey—undetected for years.
In FBI-recorded conversations, Aliev glorified financial jihad, insisting that even modest donations—$100 to $400—were acceptable. On or about September 28, 2020, he told an individual that “those who commit jihad in the name of Allah should commit jihad financially and physically,” and that “without financial support, jihad could not be performed,” since money was needed to purchase the equipment necessary to carry out jihad.
And yet, when it came time to apply for U.S. citizenship, Aliev lied. Under penalty of perjury, he claimed he had never been associated with a terrorist organization. The charges he now faces—up to 10 years for the false statement and 5 years for perjury—are serious, but they barely scratch the surface of what’s at stake.
This case exposes a systemic crisis: We are allowing individuals into this country who do not share our values and, in some cases, actively seek our destruction. All in the name of diversity, we’ve abandoned common sense and continue to ignore the Islamic supremacist ideology behind jihad.
Edison, New Jersey, is home to a large and fast-growing immigrant population, including a significant number of Muslims. New Jersey has one of the highest Muslim populations in the United States—roughly 3% of the state’s total—with thousands residing in and around Edison. And yet, people are rightly asking: How did someone like Aliev evade law enforcement for so long? Why wasn’t he identified and stopped earlier? It points to a serious vetting problem, and the uncomfortable truth is that many others may be operating under the radar, just like him.
Law enforcement—including the FBI, ICE, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force—deserves credit for finally exposing Aliev. But how many more are still out there? How many more are hiding in plain sight, waiting to act—or already funneling money to jihad from behind a keyboard?
Aliev is not the exception—he’s the product of years of failed immigration policy and handcuffing law enforcement through programs like Obama’s “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE), which made it nearly impossible for agencies like the FBI to properly investigate Islamic terrorism.
This is what happens when we import people from regions steeped in Islamic radicalism, without adequate scrutiny or ideological screening. Until we stop pretending that all belief systems are equal—and start defending our own—we are endangering every American.
How many more jihadists are walking our streets, funding terrorism while posing as peaceful “new” Americans?
This is not immigration. This is infiltration. and potential conquest.
Amy Mek
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Why don’t you reference the Quranic verses that teach funding for terrorism and jihad in this article? Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” Qur’an 8:74 says, “And those who believed and emigrated and performed jihad for the sake of Allah, and those who gave asylum and helped, those are the true believers; they will receive forgiveness and generous provisions.”
An islamic terrorist lied?! That’s a first.
This has happened in every free western nation to intentionally destroy freedom for the communist one world order of the globalists. They are installing corrupt leaders without the vote or will of the people. These corrupt leaders then bring the Muslims in and change laws to accommodate their oppressive totalitarian religion. Soon you have a full dictatorial government courtesy of your own corrupt government.
This terrorist is just one, they are all across the country. These people are not here looking for the American dream. They are here to end it. Their number one word in the Quran is jihid, which means kill. When you see a mosque being built, know terrorist are close by. The only thing on their mind is jihid. Shut it down now or pay a big price later.