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‘Abd al-Qādir Mū‘min (born c. 1950s) is a Somali-born British citizen and the leader of the Islamic State in Somalia. He was formerly a senior religious authority in al-Shabab.
History[]
Born in Somalia, Mū‘min arrived to the United Kingdom in 2005 – 2006, having previously lived in Sweden. While in the UK, he preached at Masjid Quba in Leicester and the Greenwich Islamic Centre in London. In 2010, he took part in a press conference alongside the ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg for the charity CAGE (organisation), which was launching a report criticizing Western anti-terror tactics in East Africa.[1]
A few months later he fled to Somalia, after coming under investigation by MI5 for radicalising young men.[2] He joined al-Shabaab.
On October 22, 2015, he pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State, creating the "Islamic State in Somalia" (Abnaa ul-Calipha).[3][4][5] He is located in the Galgala region, in Puntland, Somalia.
On 31 August 2016 he was designated as a 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' by the United States Department of State.[6][7]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/orange-bearded-jihadi-general-spreading-isis-brand-somalia-453964
- ↑ "British extremist preacher linked to Lee Rigby killer emerges as head of Islamic State in Somalia". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/29/british-extremist-preacher-linked-to-lee-rigby-killer-emerges-as/.
- ↑ Zelin, Aaron Y. (22 October 2015). "New audio message from Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qādir Mū ‘min: "Bay’ah From Him and a Group of Mujāhidīn of Somalia to the Caliph of the Muslims Abū Bakr al-Baghdādī"". http://jihadology.net/2015/10/22/new-audio-message-from-shaykh-abd-al-qadir-mu-min-bayah-from-him-and-a-group-of-mujahidin-of-somalia-to-the-caliph-of-the-muslims-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/.
- ↑ "Shabaab’s leadership fights Islamic State’s attempted expansion in East Africa - The Long War Journal". http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/10/shabaab-leadership-fights-islamic-state-expansion.php.
- ↑ "Small group of Somali al Shabaab swear allegiance to Islamic State". 23 October 2015. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-somalia-idUSKCN0SH1BF20151023.
- ↑ https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/143210.htm
- ↑ https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/08/us-adds-islamic-state-commander-in-somalia-to-list-of-global-terrorists.php
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