A Kent State professor is under FBI surveillance for allegedly siding with ISIS. Julio Pino is currently being investigated and was asked about his connection with the Islamic group. He denied all allegations and said he does not support violence or any other terrorist acts.
FBI is investigating his past actions and Facebook posts as he is famous for his anti Israel speech. Fox News reported that an account named Julio Cesar Pino posted things about the Islamic State saying Sheik Osama is great and was praising them. He also said "the organization he left behind is not the same AQ he founded. The brave warriors of AQAP and the Nusraf Jabbat should join #IslamicState."
CS Monitor noted that the History professor denied all accusations and said he has nothing to do with ISIS. According to him, he has never once broken the law and will never intend to because he denounces violence. Things people say can be interpreted in many ways and people who don't want to understand will never do, he added. He further stated that the truth will come out as it always does.
Pino is still teaching classes at the University. Time said that the University is doing everything to help FBI get the information it wants. Some students were interview by FBI agents and one of them was Emily Mills, the editor of student newspaper The Kent Stater. She said that the professor is very vocal and opinionated; he says everything as he likes to but she has no idea about the issue. FBI assured the school's president that there is nothing to worry about and the situation is under control.
Pino is Cuban and a converted Muslim. He said he can't believe that the FBI is going after him. He had a few issues before but that does not indicate a huge investigation like this, he added. He knows that the FBI only wants security to be fine and understand that. He also thought that there may be people who thinks of same thing.
