DETROIT — Chief Federal Judge Gerald Rosen has limited the travel of Ahmad Jebril, 43, to southeast Michigan. Rosen also placed restraints on Jebril’s usage of social media. 

In May, media outlets reported that Jebril, a Dearborn cleric, has a large online following of fighters from Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; eulogizes dead fighters; posts videos of conservative sermons and voices anti-Western and anti-Shi’a views. 

However, he did not openly call for people to join the fight in Syria. 

In 2004 Jebril was convicted of 42 fraud charges and remained in jail until March 2012.

Rosen also ordered Jebril to notify his probation officer about his activity on social media, if requested.

Earlier this year, a report by the British think tank International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence cited Jebril as an inspirational figure for Western fighters among al-Qaeda affiliated groups in Syria.