New Delhi: The leader of Al Qaeda Ayman al Zawashri had announced on Wednesday for the formation of a new terror branch in the Indian subcontinent, besides vowing obeisance to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri declares the formation of Qaeda al Jihad for the Muslims across India (Kashmir, Gujarat, Ahmedabad and Assam), Myanmar and Bangladesh, in almost an hour-long video posted in jihadi forums, saying it will crush the “artificial borders” dividing the umma (the Muslim nation) across the Indian subcontinent.
The new branch of Qaeda will have Asim Umar, the chief of AQ’s Shariah Committee for Pakistan, as the leader and Ustadh Usama Mahmoud is its spokesman.
Zawahiri had specially mentions the four states of India and said, “We want Islam to return to the Indian subcontinent, which was part of the Muslim world before it was invaded. It will serve Muslims in Burma, Kashmir, Gujarat, Bangladesh, Ahmedabad and Assam.”
The new India wing of Qaeda is apparently an ominous move for India, which has hardly gotten over the shock that four engineering student from Thane left for Syria and Iraq to fight alongside the Islamic State fighters.
Zawahiri had urged Muslims “to wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, to restore its sovereignty and to revive its caliphate.”
Bureau Report
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