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Abu Omar al-Muhajir
Spokesman for Islamic State from 2022 to 2023 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abu Omar al-Muhajir served as the fourth spokesman for the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS),[1][2] from 10 March 2022 until his capture in April 2023 by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).[3] He succeeded Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi in March 2022, and was replaced by Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari in August 2023.[4][5]
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History
Abu Omar al-Muhajir was announced as spokesman in a speech of Al-Furqan Foundation in March 2022, and he made four audio speeches in his tenure as spokesman for the Islamic State.
His speeches included:[6][unreliable source?]
- “Some Have Fulfilled Their Obligations [by Martyrdom]” - 10 March 2022
- “Fight Them, and God Will Punish Them At Your Hands” - 17 April 2022
- “And Hold Fast, All of You, to the Rope of God and Be Not Divided” 15 September 2022[7][unreliable source?]
- “So they kill and are killed” 30 November 2022[8]
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Identity
Little is known about Abu Omar al-Muhajir. It was speculated by Yemeni journalist Mohammed Faisal on Twitter that he is Juma'a Al-Badri, a brother of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,[9] but this was never confirmed. Many analysts[who?] believed his accent to be Iraqi after analyzing his speeches.[citation needed] HTS did not present him before media after his capture nor comment on his capture.[3]
References
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