The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISKP), has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack at the Kabul airport. Known to be a nemesis of the Taliban, the group is looking to fill the power vacuum created by the departing US troops in Afghanistan.
Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda In The Indian subcontinent (AQIS), has released a message of greetings on Eid Al-Fitr by its emir Ghazi Khalid Ibrahim in which he laments a recent ceasefire agreed upon by Pakistan and India along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, and urges followers to wage jihad against India for the freedom of Kashmir.
On May 24, 2021, the media arm of the Somalia-based Al-Qaeda affiliate jihadi group Al-Shabab released a video featuring a Kenyan officer who was captured in 2016 calling on Kenya s president to secure his release and the release of other Kenyan prisoners of wars (POW), urging him to end Kenyan Military intervention in Somalia.
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May 24, 2021
An article, titled We Are Fighting In Iraq And Syria And Our Eyes Are On Al-Quds, in Issue 16 of the ISIS magazine Sawt Al-Hind includes a photo of an ISIS flag put up outside the main gate at a central mosque in Kashmir, maybe in the capital city of Srinagar, while a message written on a second banner accompanying the flag declares: We are fighting in Iraq and Syria and our eyes are on Al-Quds – Wilayah Hind. Wilayah Hind refers to the India Province of the Islamic State (ISIS). Islamist groups use Al-Quds interchangeably to refer to Jerusalem or to all of Palestine. In the article, the words accompanying the flag are expanded to include Afghanistan: We are fighting in Iraq, Sham [Syria], Khurasan [Afghanistan], but by Allah, our eyes are on al-Aqsa. The article comes amid recent fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.
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December 28, 2020
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An article in the latest issue of Sawt Al-Hind ( The Voice of India ), a jihadi magazine published by the supporters of the Islamic State s Wilayah Hind ( India Province ), narrates how Muslims subjugated Hindus in Kashmir valley under the 15th-century ruler Sikandar Shah Miri aka Sultan Sikandar Butshikan, who was notorious for persecuting his Hindu subjects.[1]
The word Butshikan literally means idol-breaker. Sikandar Shah Miri ruled from 1389 to 1413 CE. According to the article, the Sultan came under the influence of Islamic scholars and unleashed a reign of terror against Hindus in Kashmir.
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly – December 19-26, 2020
December 23, 2020
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