ALEXANDRIA, VA. (THECOUNT) — — Virginia Islamic instructor, Seitu Sulayman Kokayi, has been identified as the man arrested after the F.B.I. says he spread ISIS videos to young students, family members and friends.
Kokayi, 30, was taken into custody by federal authorities in Alexandria, Virginia, who said the educator engaged in repeated sexually explicit Facebook FaceTime video conversations with one of his young female students.
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One of the ISIS videos Kokayi shared with his students came from his father-in-law, Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.
The FBI ultimately provided prosecutors with 256 phone conversations, 43 FaceTime sessions and 32 hours of damning evidence.
Kokayi is now beginning a 10-year sentence in federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in sexual conduct and transferring obscene matter to a minor.
According to the FBI, Kokayi worked at the University of Maryland University College campus and served as a religious instructor at a District mosque since 2009. He grew attracted to one of his 15-year-old students last summer, mixing Quran studies with lewd conduct until his Aug. 23, 2018 arrest, reports WUSA.
Prosecutors said over a three week period, Kokayi enticed the teenager to take off her clothes and engage in sexual acts over FaceTime. On numerous occasions, the married instructor exposed himself and pleasured himself to completion.
Kokayi sang in Arabic during his sentencing Friday, profusely apologizing to his wife and accepting full responsibility.
Authorities did not charge Kokayi with any terror-related offenses. Yet prosecutors said during court proceedings that the teacher simultaneously preyed on the victim and “promoted support for the Islamic State and other violent activity by sending videos and other jihadist propaganda to his students, family members and friends.”
Faisal currently faces charges in New York, accused of attempting to assist ISIS in Syria.
Faisal is linked to multiple global terror figures, including the London 7/7 suicide bombers who killed 52 people in 2005.
Geo quick facts: Alexandria, Virginia, is a city on the Potomac River, just south of Washington, DC. It’s known for its Old Town, with brick sidewalks and well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings. King Street is lined with boutiques and specialty shops. Founding fathers dined at Gadsby’s Tavern, now a museum with period objects and photographs. Carlyle House Historic Park is a restored Georgian mansion with a garden – wikipedia.