“The three discussed certain Islamic legal rulings that advise that it is unlawful for a person who enters a country with a visa to wage jihad there,” the complaint says. Mr. Nafis told his confidants that he had sought the advice of someone in his native Bangladesh, who said he wasn’t bound by such rulings.
“Accordingly, Nafis indicated that he believed that he was free to continue with his plan to conduct a terrorist attack on U.S. soil,” the complaint says.