#Radical Islamic cleric extradited to NYC amid terror charges

A radical Islamic cleric will be arraigned Friday in Manhattan court on terrorism charges after encouraging an undercover NYPD cop to carry out terror attacks, authorities said.

Shaikh Abdullah Faisal, 56, was arrested three years ago in Jamaica and was finally brought to New York on Thursday after fighting the extradition.

The militant cleric — born as Trevor William Forrest — allegedly communicated with a female undercover NYPD officer by email, text and video chat to encourage her to join ISIS and carry out attacks abroad from 2015 to 2017.

“Shaikh Faisal has dedicated his life to terror recruitment,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said at the time of the cleric’s arrest, which resulted from a joint operation with the NYPD.

“Through his lectures, website, and videos, he incites untold numbers of people around the world to take up the cause of jihad,” Vance said.

A popular online figure, Faisal has overtly supported ISIS and the establishment of an Islamic caliphate through violent jihad.

In one of his online lectures, he declared, “The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet,” according to the indictment.

In recorded conversations with the undercover cop, Faisal encouraged her to take a Muslim groom and offered to arrange the marriage for her.

On Jan. 26, 2015, Faisal sent the undercover an email stating, “a brother in the dawla wants to interview u for marriage. Pls whatsapp him,” court papers allege.

“Shaikh Faisal has used his influence and direction to groom and inspire terrorists who have bombed trains, attempted to blow up airliners, and attack Americas here and abroad,” said then-NYPD police commissioner James O’Neill at the time of Faisal’s arrest.

The NYPD and Manhattan DA began their pursuit of Faisal in 2014.

Faisal was previously convicted of similar charges in England for inciting murder and using inflammatory language “in furtherance of terrorist ideologies,” according to prosecutors.

He’s expected to be arraigned this afternoon before Justice Maxwell Wiley on five counts –including conspiracy as a crime of terrorism, soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism and other raps.