The following is a list of American Muslim extremists that were charged, convicted or sentenced on terrorism charges in 2009.

• December 14, 2009 - Two American citizens who shot casing videos of U.S. landmarks for potential terrorist attacks in the Washington, D.C. area are sentenced to 17 and 13 years in prison, respectively.  The men were convicted on charges of conspiring to support terrorists on August 12 and June 10, 2009.

• November 24, 2009 - A naturalized American citizen and three other men are indicted in Philadelphia for conspiring to provide material support to Hezbollah for attempting to export machine guns and generate funds for the Lebanese terrorist organization.

• November 23, 2009 - Unsealed court documents charge eight men from Minnesota – six U.S. permanent residents, one U.S. citizen and one other Minnesota resident – with terror charges relating to their associations with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia. One U.S. permanent resident is in custody in the Netherlands, while the seven other defendants remain at large.

• November 19, 2009 - A U.S. permanent resident is arrested for conspiring to provide material support to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia and for conspiring to kill, kidnap, main and injure persons outside the U.S.

• November 18-20, 2009 - Four U.S. citizens and one Haitian national are handed down sentences ranging from six to 13 and a half years in prison for plotting to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago, the FBI headquarters in Miami and other U.S. buildings.  The men were convicted on multiple charges for trying to ally themselves with the terrorist group Al Qaeda to levy war against the United States and attack U.S. targets on May 12, 2009.

• October 29, 2009 - A U.S. permanent resident who attended Al Qaeda training camps in Pakistan and conspired to further the terrorist activity of Al Qaeda in the U.S. is sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.  He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to Al Qaeda on April 30, 2009.

• October 27, 2009 - An American citizen and a Canadian citizen who allegedly helped plan the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai and planned a terrorist attack against the offices of a Danish newspaper are charged in Chicago with providing material support to terrorists.

• October 21, 2009 - A Massachusetts man with dual American and Egyptian citizenship is arrested for allegedly plotting to attack a U.S. shopping mall and American soldiers in Iraq. Another American citizen - who remains at large - was also charged in the same indictment.

• October 21, 2009 - Two U.S. citizens and one permanent resident are sentenced in an Ohio federal court for conspiring to recruit and train terrorists to attack American troops overseas.

• October 13, 2009 - A naturalized U.S. citizen is charged with making false statements to the FBI during a terrorism investigation relating to a group of missing Somali-Americans who travelled to Somalia to fight with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group.

• September 29, 2009 - A New York man who attempted to funnel thousands of dollars to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to terrorism financing.

• September 24, 2009 - A U.S. permanent resident with alleged links to Al Qaeda is indicted for an alleged plot to detonate explosives in the U.S. A week earlier, a U.S. citizen and another permanent resident were charged with lying to federal authorities in relation to the case.  

• September 24, 2009 - A Brooklyn resident is indicted in New York for attempting to join a foreign terrorist group and fight American forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans. 

• September 23, 2009 - An Illinois resident who attempted to bomb the federal courthouse in Springfield is charged with attempted murder of a federal officer or employee and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against property owned by the United States.

• August 12, 2009 - A Somali-American from Minnesota pleads guilty to training with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia.  

• August 7, 2009 - A Houston man who conspired to join the Taliban and fight against U.S. forces is sentenced to 54 months in prison.

• July 28, 2009 – Two Somali-Americans from Seattle, WA, and Brooklyn Park, MN, plead guilty to training with an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia.  They were charged with providing material support to terrorists in an indictment unsealed on July 13, 2009.  

• July 27, 2009 - Six U.S. citizens and a permanent resident are arrested for engaging in weapons training and conspiring to carry out "violent jihad" overseas.  An eighth suspect, also an American citizen, is still at large.

• July 27, 2009 - A Virginia man convicted of conspiring to assassinate President George W. Bush and providing material support to Al Qaeda is sentenced to life in prison.

• July 9, 2009 - A U.S. permanent resident from Minneapolis is sentenced to 92 months in prison, after pleading guilty on May 20, 2009, to providing Al Qaeda with personnel, training and material support.

• June 2, 2009 - Three American citizens and a Haitian native are indicted for allegedly plotting to attack two synagogues in the Bronx and to shoot down planes at a military base in Newburgh, New York.

• June 1, 2009 - An American convert to Islam who shot two uniformed American soldiers - one of whom was killed - at a military recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, is charged with 16 counts of committing a terrorist act.

• May 27, 2009 - Three American citizens are among the five leaders and former fundraisers of the Holy Land Foundation, once considered the largest Muslim charity in the U.S., sentenced to between 15 to 65 years in prison for funneling money to the Hamas terrorist organization.

• April 29-30, 2009 - A U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident and three others from Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia are sentenced between 30 years and life in prison for conspiring to attack the Fort Dix army base in New Jersey.

• April 3, 2009 - A former U.S. sailor convicted of leaking classified information about a U.S. Naval battle group to alleged terror supporters is sentenced to ten years in prison.

• March 6, 2009 - The apparent leader of a terror cell that plotted to attack Jewish institutions and U.S. military targets in Los Angeles is sentenced to 16 years in prison.

• February 26, 2009 - An Ohio man accused of joining Al Qaeda in the early 1990s is sentenced to 20 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks in the U.S. and Europe.

• January 28, 2009 - A Long Island man pleaded guilty to providing information about New York City transit systems to Al Qaeda for potential terrorist attacks and to firing rockets at an American military base in Afghanistan.

• January 15, 2009 - Two Chicago cousins are convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in connection with their travels abroad in order to murder U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.