Between January 24 and October 3rd this year, however, after his arrival in the United States and as he set out to make contact with fellow Muslim jihadis in New York, he answered another series of questions in which he hailed the prophet Mohammed as "the greatest man ever" and predicted that the "future of Bangladesh" would be in a "Khalifa" – an Islamic caliphate under Sharia law. By that time, he did still, however, have a favourite Star Wars character – the Sith lord.