ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As he spread ISIS videos to young students, family members and friends, federal authorities said a Virginia Islamic instructor engaged in repeated sexually explicit video conversations with one of his female students.
The FBI ultimately provided prosecutors with 256 phone conversations, 43 FaceTime sessions and 32 hours of damning evidence.
Seitu Sulayman Kokayi, 30, 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.
Kokayi grew attracted to one of his 15-year-old students last summer, mixing Quran studies with lewd conduct until his Aug. 23, 2018 arrest.
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 masturbated.
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.”
One of the ISIS videos Kokayi shared with his students came from his father-in-law, Abdullah al-Faisal.
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.