By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 April 2025

Transcript of a speech by Islamic State of Iraq emir, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, on 12 February 2010, entitled, “The Religious and Political Crime of the Elections and Our Duty Toward Them” (Jarima al-intikhabat al-shar’iyya wal-siyasiyya wa-wajibuna nahwaha).

Read the article over at Substack.