By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on January 30, 2017
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Umar Hadid [right] (source)
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on January 30, 2017
Umar Hadid [right] (source)
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on January 21, 2017
The first proto-caliph of the Islamic State (IS), Hamid al-Zawi (Abu Umar al-Baghdadi), gave his fourth audio speech on 16 April 2007, “The Harvest of the Years for the State of the Muwahideen (Monotheists)”. An English version of al-Zawi’s speech was disseminated by IS’s al-Furqan Media and it is reproduced below with some editions in transliteration and syntax, and some interesting or important sections highlighted in bold. Continue reading