Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari

Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari (Arabic: أبو حذيفة الأنصاري)^{[1][2][3][4][5]} was a spokesman of the Islamic State. He was announced as the spokesman in a speech released by Al-Furqan Foundation media in August 2023.^[6][7] He replaced Abu Omar al-Muhajir as the spokesman of the Islamic State, who was arrested by Tahrir al-Sham.^[8][9]

Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari
أبو حذيفة الأنصاري
5th Spokesman of the Islamic State
In office August 2023 – Current
Preceded by	Abu Omar al-Muhajir (POW)
Personal details
Born	Unknown date
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Allegiance	Islamic State
Battles / wars	War on Terror War against the Islamic State

History

In August 2023 he announced the killing of the fourth Islamic State Caliph, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, announcing Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as his successor,^[10] and threatened to increase attacks after US withdrawal.^[11] Nothing is known yet about the identity of Abu Hudhayfah. In August 2023, Mina Al-Lami, a Jihadist specialist for BBC Monitoring, speculated on Twitter that Abu Hudhayfah is possibly an Iraqi.^[12] In January 2024, Abu Hudayfah released an audio discussing the Gaza war.^[13][14]

Speeches

• “So, Rejoice in the Bargain You have Contracted”; 3 August 2023^{[6][15][16][17]}
• "And kill them wherever you find them"; 4 January 2024^[18][19]
  • “Monotheism is the goal, and jihad is the path…the war with the Jews will not end in a one-state solution or two-state solution, as nationalists believe. It is a religious ideological war that will continue until we kill their antichrist under the banner of the Prophet of Allah… tighten the plans and diversify operations: Blow them up with explosives, burn them with incendiary bombs, shoot them with bullets, slaughter their necks with knives, and run them over with buses.”; 4 January 2024^[19]
• "By Allah, This Religion (Islam) Will Prevail"; 28 March 2024^[20]