According to Muslim Brotherhood thought leader and HAMAS spiritual guide Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. - Read more...
The official media outlet of al-Qa’ida’s senior leadership, as-Sahab, is promoting an English-language video message with Arabic subtitles from the American-born jihadi Adam Gadahn, titled “The Pakistani Regime: The Agent of the Devil.” - Read more...
Titled Resurgence, a new English-Language magazine produced by al-Qa’ida’s as-Sahab Media Foundation is being circulated online ... - Read more...
The Belgian-Moroccan Salafist preacher Tarik Chadlioui, better known as Tarik Ibn Ali, is an important player in the closed Berber (Tamazight) community in Western Europe. He is a major fundraiser for the Salafist cause, including building projects for mosques and support activities for Syria. - Read more...
In a message dated 25 July 2014, Afghan Taliban founder and leader Mullah Mohamed Omar signaled his rejection of the Islamic State’s claim that it has established a caliphate. This, by way of his continued use of a title traditionally reserved for the caliph. ... - Read more...
The primary Twitter account used to provide updates on the releases of messages and other propaganda produced for al-Qa’ida senior leaders by al-Qa’ida’s official media organization, as-Sahab, has been suspended. - Read more...
For nearly two months, the Islamic State has been jockeying for control over the Global Jihad movement. In recent days, signs have emerged that the group’s strategy for winning the popularity contest underway between it and al-Qa’ida will entail convincing jihadis of the group’s capabilities to terrorize Americans. The implications of this strategy are tremendous for US interests ... - Read more...
The Islamic State’s efforts to draw attention to the recent disclosure of additional details about the relationship between Omar and al-Qa’ida might prove disastrous for Omar, as well as for the Afghan Taliban ... - Read more...
Al-Qa’ida’s present day involvement in Syria spans back to around the time of the second US invasion of Iraq in 2003, when old hands in the bin Laden network in Sudan were tasked by the al-Qa’ida leader to establish a pipeline through Syria to fuel a new jihad theater in Iraq. Since then, a number of important “Core al-Qa’ida” facilitators and ideologues have been present in Syria. - Read more...
On 13 August 2014, a Twitter account managed by al-Qa’ida’s as-Sahab Media Foundation posted a link to Arabic- and English-language copies of a document titled “A Message from Qa’eda al-Jihad for the Family of the Prisoner, Warren Weinstein.” - Read more...