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ICT Jihadi Monitoring Group ICT Jihadi Monitoring Group PERIODIC REVIEW Bimonthly Report Summary of Information on Jihadist Websites The Second Half of July 2014 International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Additional resources are available on the ICT Website: www.ict.org.il Highlights This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the second half of July 2014. Following are the main points covered in the report: The wave of condemnation continues from Al-Qaeda activists and their supporters against the declaration of the Islamic Caliphate and members of the Islamic State, led by Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi. Sheikh Abu Mundhir al-Shanqiti al-Shanqiti, a prominent jihadist cleric, points out the problems involved in the declaration of an Islamic Caliphate based on shari’a. In contrast, members of the Islamic State continue to justify the establishment of the caliphate. In addition, various jihadist organizations continue to swear allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Islamic State continues its efforts to recruit operatives among Muslims in Kazakhstan and Indonesia. A new Salafi jihadist organization in Syria is established. The organization, called the “Ansar al- Din Front”, serves as an umbrella organization composed of: the Sham al-Islam Movement, the Army of Emigrants and Supporters (Jaysh al-Mujahidin wal-Ansar), the Fajr al-Sham al-Islamiyya movement and the Green Battalion. The establishment of the new organization receives condemnation from members of the Islamic State. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claims responsibility for an attack on an army drone base in the city of Seiyun. A video is published describing the modus operandi of the attack. Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis in the Environs of Jerusalem publishes a video in which it explains the modus operandi of the terrorist attack that its members carried out against southern Israel on August 18, 2011. A new jihadist media institution called Al-Husam was created in order to focus on developments and events in the arena of jihad in Yemen. International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Additional resources are available on the ICT Website: www.ict.org.il 2 Table of Contents Highlights ............................................................................................................................................... 2 New Publications ................................................................................................................................... 5 Ideology .............................................................................................................................................. 5 Oaths of Allegiance to the Islamic State ....................................................................................... 11 Strategy ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Guidebooks and Instruction Pamphlets ........................................................................................... 12 Promoting the Myth of the Martyr .................................................................................................. 13 Magazines ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Reports from the Field ......................................................................................................................... 16 Afghanistan-Pakistan ........................................................................................................................ 16 The Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan .............................................................................................. 17 The Arabian Peninsula ...................................................................................................................... 17 Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ............................................................................................... 18 Iraq.................................................................................................................................................... 20 The Islamic State ........................................................................................................................... 21 The Islamic State – Baghdad ......................................................................................................... 22 The Islamic State – Salah al-Din Province ..................................................................................... 22 The Islamic State – Mosul ............................................................................................................. 22 The Islamic State – Nineveh Province .......................................................................................... 23 Ansar al-Islam ............................................................................................................................... 25 Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order ................................................................................. 25 Al-Sham [The Levant] ....................................................................................................................... 25 Syria .................................................................................................................................................. 26 The Al-Nusra Front in Syria ........................................................................................................... 26 The Islamic State: Aleppo Province .............................................................................................. 27 The Islamic State – Homs Province .............................................................................................. 28 The Islamic State – Al-Baraka Province ........................................................................................ 28 The Islamic State – Damascus ...................................................................................................... 29 The Islamic State – Al-Raqqa Province ......................................................................................... 29 International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Additional resources are available on the ICT Website: www.ict.org.il 3 The Islamic State - Al-Khayr Province (formerly Deir el-Zour) ..................................................... 29 Other Jihadist Organizations ........................................................................................................ 29 The Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip ............................................................................................ 30 Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis .................................................................................................................... 35 The Maghreb [North Africa] ............................................................................................................. 36 Libya.................................................................................................................................................. 37 Ansar al-Sharia in Libya................................................................................................................. 37 Egypt ................................................................................................................................................. 38 Ajnad Misr..................................................................................................................................... 38 Nigeria .............................................................................................................................................. 38 Boko Haram .................................................................................................................................. 38 Somalia ............................................................................................................................................. 38 The Caucasus .................................................................................................................................... 39 The Indian Subcontinent .................................................................................................................. 40 The West ........................................................................................................................................... 40 International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Additional resources are available on the ICT Website: www.ict.org.il 4 New Publications Ideology During the second half of July 2014, the Al-Sahab jihadist media institution published the following: o A video titled, “Days with the Imam – Part 6”. The video included an interview with Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda, regarding the character and life of Sheikh Osama bin Laden, the former leader of Al-Qaeda who was killed in 2012.1 Banner of the video transcription The Nukhbat al-Ilam al-Jihadi jihadist media organization published a new series of publications titled, “The Enlightenment”. The first part of the series dealt with “Attributes of the Mujahideen” by Sheikh Dr. Sami al-Aridi, a member of the Shura Council of the Al-Nusra Front.2 The banner of the new publication series 1 http://al-fidaa.com/vb (Arabic). 2 https://alfidaa.info/vb (Arabic). International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Additional resources are available on the ICT Website: www.ict.org.il
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