According to the Swedish news website Nyheter24, Qalaf participated in the March 2009 stoning of a thirteen-year-old Somali girl named Asho Duhalow.[7] The girl was sentenced to death according to Islamic Sharia law because she reportedly didn't follow Islamic clothing laws.[7] Later during the day, according to the same source, he also cut the hand of a Somali man who was accused of theft.[7] The man had stolen money and clothes to the value of approximately US$100.[7] In May 2014, Qalaf stated that al-Shabab fighters would carry out jihad, or holy war, in Kenya and Uganda "and afterward, with God's will, to America."[8]