Posted on 06/29/2014 4:20:02 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
A powerful jihadist group known for its ruthless tactics and systemic abuses in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts announced Sunday the establishment of a "caliphate," or Islamist state.
In an audio recording distributed online, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "the caliph" and "leader for Muslims everywhere."
The jihadists said they would impose their caliphate on areas they have conquered in Syria and Iraq.
"The Shura (council) of the Islamic State met and discussed this issue (of the caliphate)... The Islamic State decided to establish an Islamic caliphate and to designate a caliph for the state of the Muslims," said ISIL spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani.
"The jihadist cleric Baghdadi was designated the caliph of the Muslims," said Adnani, adding that the caliphate will extend "from Aleppo (in northern Syria) to Diyala" in Iraq.
Baghdadi "has accepted this allegiance, and has thus become the leader for Muslims everywhere."
"The words 'Iraq' and 'the Levant' have been removed from the name of the Islamic State in official papers and documents," Adnani said, describing the caliphate as "the dream in all the Muslims' hearts" and "the hope of all jihadists."
Ever since the Prophet Mohammed's death, a caliph was designated "the prince" or emir "of the believers."
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This is only the beginning.
This is only the beginning.
This is only the beginning.
This is only the beginning.
This is only the beginning.
Do you think this might only be the beginning?
Sorry. I have no idea how that happened.
Muslim civil war. Let them murder each other. They try something and we bomb the living crappy out of them. Apart from that, this is how muslims want to live, let them.
Your sense of humor serves you well.
well, you’re right anyhow
Pope Abu
Gotta remind myself to invest shares of Rand McNally stock.
friend of Obama's?
“....declared its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “the caliph” and “leader for Muslims everywhere.”
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Watch out — there are plenty of “peaceful” American Muslims who will acknowledge that proclamation.
finally they have the motivation they needed
/s
You can say that, again!
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