Tennessee Man Convicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS

Benjamin Carpenter, 31, also known as Abu Hamza, faces up to 20 years in prison for leading the international pro-ISIS organization Ahlut-Tawhid, translating, producing, and distributing ISIS propaganda and attempting to revive ISIS's foreign-language media wing, Al-Hayat Media Center.

• Benjamin Carpenter, also known as Abu Hamza, has been convicted by a federal jury for attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The verdict followed an eight-day trial.
• Carpenter led the international pro-ISIS organization Ahlut-Tawhid Publications. This group was committed to translating, producing, and distributing ISIS propaganda on a global scale.
• Notably, Carpenter produced a weekly newsletter titled 'From Dabiq to Rome.' The publication celebrated the deaths of American soldiers, glorified suicide bombers, and incited war against the United States and its allies.
• In 2020 and 2021, Carpenter sought to revive the Al-Hayat Media Center, ISIS's foreign-language media arm. He provided translation services for a project intended to relaunch the center, contacting someone he believed was connected to ISIS’s central media bureau.
• Carpenter was arrested more than two years ago on March 24, 2021, following a federal grand jury indictment. He now faces up to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.

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