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Abu al-Hussein was described as a veteran of Islamic State and a loyal member of the group. [10] In January 2023, a prominent dissident anti-IS leadership channel alleged that Abu al-Hussein was Iraqi like his predecessors and was appointed by a shura council led by Abdul Raouf al-Muhajir, [11] [12] emir of Islamic State's administration. [13]
Abu al-Hussein was announced as the new leader of Islamic State by Abu Omar al-Muhajir, in the same audio that confirmed Abu al-Hasan's death. [10] The Islamic State announced on August 3, 2023 that Abu al-Hussein was killed by Tahrir al-Sham militants in Idlib province. [11] 5 Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. ابو حفص الهاشمي ...
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو حفص الهاشمي القرشي) is the fifth and current caliph [a] of the Islamic State.He was named as caliph on 3 August 2023, in an audio message by the spokesperson of the IS, Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari, whose announcement came four months after the death of his predecessor Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
He was named as caliph on 10 March 2022, in an audio message by the new spokesperson of IS, Abu Umar al-Muhajir, whose announcement came more than a month after the death of his predecessor Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. [14] [15] The message said that Abu al-Hassan was given a pledge of allegiance in response to the will of the former ...
The Kurdistan Brigades was one of the top jihadist groups among Kurds, and it was allied with Jama'at Ansar al-Islam. Jama'at Ansar al-Islam was pro-Al-Qaeda, while the Kurdistan Brigades was an official faction of Al-Qaeda. They were both allied to the Islamic State of Iraq, which was an Al-Qaeda affiliate
He was succeeded by Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, who held this position until being killed in Syria on 15 October 2022. His successor, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, was the first Syrian to serve as a caliph, and was killed in Syria on 29 April 2023. His successor and current caliph is Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (Leader, killed on 29 April 2023) [144] Abu Ali al-Tunisi (leader of manufacturing for IS in Iraq, killed on 29 August 2024) [ 145 ] [ 146 ] Daham Mohammed Alawi, also known as Abu Saeed al-Dandoushi, was the self-proclaimed governor of Kirkuk, killed on 7 February 2025 in an airstrike targeting the Zarka ...
The first emir of Wilayat al-Bengal, Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, is believed to be Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki (born as Sajit Chandra Debnath, 1982) a Bangladeshi Japanese economist who went to Syria in 2015 and joined IS. A Hindu convert to Islam, he reportedly lead the 2016 Dhaka attack. He was detained in Iraq in 2019 and Abu Muhammed al-Bengali was ...