A 19-year-old Richmond man who authorities said described himself as an ISIS recruiter is accused of making a bomb threat against the University of Houston during a Zoom lecture, federal prosecutors said. Ibraheem Ahmed Al Bayati was taken into custody Friday and appeared in federal court Tuesday on charges of making threats to destroy by means of fire or explosives and making a threat over interstate commerce, according to the Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney's office. Al Bayati joined a university Zoom lecture Wednesday under the name Abu Qital al Jihadi al Mansur, officials said. He is not a University of Houston student, but gained access to the lecture when a student shared the link, said university spokesperson Shawn Lindsey. According to the criminal complaint, Al Bayati interrupted the lecture and said, "What does any of this have to do with the fact that UH is about to get bombed in a few days?" In Arabic, he then said, “Islamic State will remain,” in reference to the foreign terrorist group known as ISIS. He repeated the phrase with his index finger raised and left the call “to the gasps of students,” officials said. The index finger gesture is “sometimes an indicator of radical Islamic ideology,” according to the complaint. During an interview with an FBI special agent, Al Bayati said “the whole thing was a joke” devised by him and a friend, according to court documents. A phone search showed that Al Bayati’s friend texted him a link to the Zoom class and wrote: “Say some Arabic s—— and leave lmaooooo.” Al Bayati described himself as a known ISIS recruiter, according to court documents. He is also accused of seeking ISIS supporters on social...