The FBI says Adnan Shukrijumah is a dangerous al Qaeda operative, but his mom says he is “a kind, loving, caring boy.”

Federal officials in the United States say the former Broward Community College student who spent 15 years in South Florida with his mother and five siblings, is now the head of global operations for al Qaeda.

In that capacity, Shukrijumah is allegedly in charge of planning attacks on the US and other Western countries, a position once held by 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was captured in 2003.

“It’s not true,” his mother, Zurah Adbu Ahmed, who lives in Miramar, Fla., told the Sun Sentinel newspaper when told of the FBI’s latest findings. “I don’t Know, but I don’t think it’s true. He’s a kind, loving, caring boy.”

She has not heard from her son, now 35, in many years, she said.

According to his mom, Shukrijumah does have very strong feelings about American policy as it pertains to the Muslim world. But that doesn’t make him a terrorist, she claimed. She added that he would never kill anyone because she taught him not to.

“If you kill one person, it’s like you kill a whole nation,” she said. “He knows that well. He will not kill people. He is gentle and kind.”

The FBI says Shukrijumah is the only high-ranking al Qaeda official with intimate knowledge of the United States and a US green card. It is offering $5 million for information leading to his capture.