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Abu Muhammad al-Adnani
أبو محمد العدناني
Photo featured in ISIL propaganda, also used by U.S. State Department, January 2012.[1][2]
Born
Taha Subhi Falaha

1977 (age 46–47)
1978 (age 45–46)
Binnish, Idlib Governorate, Syria
NationalitySyrian
OccupationOfficial spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Criminal charge(s)Designated a terrorist by the United Nations Security Council and the US State Department[3][4]

Taha Subhi Falaha (طه صبحي فلاحة) (born 1977/8), known as Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami (Arabic: أبو محمد العدناني, is the official spokesperson and a senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[5][6] He is also the emir of ISIL in Syria.[3] The U.S. State Department Rewards for Justice Program announced a reward up to US$5 million for information leading to his capture on May 5, 2015.[2][7]

Early life

Al-Adnani was born in 1977 in the town of Binnish in the countryside of the Idlib Governorate, in western Syria.[6][8] His mother was Khadija Hamed.[9] He lived in the Haditha district of Anbar Province in western Iraq.[9]

He was summoned for questioning repeatedly by the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate and was arrested three times. One of the times he was arrested was when he was passing through al-Bukamal on his way to Iraq for the first time. He spent months in jail and was finally freed after he refused to divulge information, despite being tortured.

Islamic militancy

Al-Qaeda in Iraq

According to a biography penned by Turki al-Binali, Adnani began life as an Islamic militant in the year 2000. His primary teacher was Abu Anas al-Shami. He swore allegiance to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi along with thirty-five others while in Syria with a plan to fight the government of Bashar al-Assad. However, the American's invaded Iraq, and Adnani became one of the first foreign fighters to oppose Coalition forces in Iraq.[4]

2004

He was one of the last to evacuate the city of Fallujah after the Second Battle of Fallujah alongside Abu Hamza al-Muhajir.

May 2005 arrest

In May 2005 he was arrested by the Coalition forces in Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq under a fake name “Yasser Khalaf Hussein Nazal al-Rawi”, and was released in 2010.[8] In December 2012, an Iraqi intelligence official said he was using a number of aliases including “Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, Taha al-Banshi, Jaber Taha Falah, Abu Baker al-Khatab and Abu Sadek al-Rawi.”[8] He was arrested at least twice by the Americans and spent almost six years in their custody.

Islamic State of Iraq

He has been highly respected by his fellow fighters throughout his time in jihad, with Abu Omar al-Baghdadi saying about him, "It will be for this man the whole affair (of jihad)". Abu Musab al-Zarqawi trusted him so much that he allowed him to make executive decisions independently, saying "Do not consult me on matters, just brief me." He was also the teacher of Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi.

US and UN sanctions

On 18 August 2014, the US State Department listed al-Adnani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.[4] On 15 August 2014, the United Nations Security Council approved his addition to the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee’s list of individuals and entities subject to the targeted financial sanctions and the arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.[3]

Reports of death

On January 4, 2016, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was reportedly severely injured by an Iraqi airstrike on Barwana, near Haditha, Iraq and was moved to Mosul for recovery.[10][11]

Speeches

Style

As spokesman of the Islamic State, Adnani has made a considerable number of speeches. His rhetorical style has received attention. Abu al-Waleed al-Salafi, a researcher, comments, "I have analysed the speeches of Baghdadi and Adnani psychologically more than once, and I found a result: that Adnani's speech seeks to inspire zeal in the soul, while Baghdadi's speech seeks to inspire calm."[12] Adnanis vitriolic speaking style has established his reputation as the 'attack dog' of the Islamic State, especially for his denunciations of al-Qaeda.

On 22 September 2014, al-Adnani released a speech entitled "Indeed, Your Lord Is Ever Watchful", which was significant because it was the first official instruction by the Islamic State for its supporters to kill disbelievers in Western countries.[citation needed] Al-Adnani said in his speech:

If you can kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him.[13][14][15]

List of speeches

  • "Now Now the Fighting Comes" (January 25, 2012)[16]
  • "Iraq, Iraq Oh Ahl al-Sunnah" (February 24, 2012)[17]
  • "The State of Islam Will Remain Safe" (March 4, 2012)[18]
  • "I Exhort You to One Thing Only" May 21, 2012)[19]
  • "The Incursions Are Deadlier" (November 1, 2012)[20]
  • "The Seven Facts" (January 30, 2013)[21]
  • "So Fight Them, Verily They Are Polytheists" (June 15, 2013)[22]
  • "Ignore Them and Their False Allegations" (June 20, 2013)[23]
  • "They Will Not Harm You Except For [Some] Annoyance" (July 30, 2013)[24]
  • "Peaceful Is Whose Religion?" (30 August, 2013)[25]
  • "May God Be With You, Oh the Oppressed State" (30 September, 2013)[26]
  • "The Scout Doesn’t Lie To His People" (January 7, 2014)[27]
  • "Then We Pray For God’s Curse to Be On the Liars" (March 7 2014)[28]
  • "He Will Surely Establish For Them [Therein] Their Religion Which He Has Preferred For Them" (April 3, 2014)[29]
  • "This is Not Our Manhaj, Nor Will It Ever Be" (April 17, 2014)[30]
  • "Sorry, Emir of Al-Qaeda" (May 11, 2014)[31]
  • "What Comes to You of Good Is From Allah" (June 12, 2014)[32]
  • "This Is the Promise of Allah" (June 29, 2014)[33]
  • "Indeed, Your Lord Is Ever Watchful" (22 September, 2014)[34]
  • "Say Die in Your Rage" (26 January, 2015)[35]
  • "So They Kill and Are Killed" (12 March, 2015)[36]
  • "O Our People Respond to the Caller of Allah" (23 June, 2015)[37]
  • "Say to Those Who Disbelieve You Will Be Overcome" (October 15, 2015)[38]
  • "And Those Who Lived [In Faith] Would Live Upon Evidence" (21 May, 2016)[39]


References

  1. ^ "ISI Spokesman Declares Victory Over US, Sets Sights on Iraqi Government | Latest Multimedia from Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)". Ent.siteintelgroup.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. ^ a b "Wanted". Rewards for Justice. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. ^ a b c "United Nations Security Council Adds Names of Six Individuals to Al-Qaida Sanctions List". 15 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Terrorist Designation of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani". US State Department. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Isis urges more attacks on Western 'disbelievers'". The Independent. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Adnani opens fire on everyone". Al-Akhbar. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Rewards for Justice - Reward Offers for Information on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Terrorists". State.gov. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  8. ^ a b c "Syria: Jihadist factions close to civil war". Al Akhbar English. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Wanted leader of Al-Qaeda-linked group held in Iraq". New Straits Times. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  10. ^ Iraq military says ISIS spokesman Adnani wounded: state TV
  11. ^ ISIS spokesman Adnani ‘wounded’ in Iraqi airstrike
  12. ^ http://www.aymennjawad.org/2016/01/an-account-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-islamic-state
  13. ^ "ISIS audio urges Muslims everywhere to kill 'unbelievers'". CBC News. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  14. ^ Bayoumy, Yara (20 September 2014). "Isis urges more attacks on Western 'disbelievers'". The Independent. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  15. ^ Abu Mohammad al-Adnani. "Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful" (PDF). Archive.org. Al-Furqan Media Productions. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  16. ^ http://jihadology.net/2012/01/25/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-now-now-the-fighting-comes/
  17. ^ http://jihadology.net/2012/02/24/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-iraq-iraq-oh-ahl-al-sunnah/
  18. ^ http://jihadology.net/2012/03/04/an%E1%B9%A3ar-al-mujahidin-english-forum-presents-an-english-translation-of-al-furqan-medias-video-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-the-islamic-st/
  19. ^ http://jihadology.net/2012/05/21/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-i-exhort-you-to-one-thing-only/
  20. ^ http://jihadology.net/2012/11/01/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-the-incursions-are-deadlier/
  21. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/01/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-the-seven-facts/
  22. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/06/15/new-audio-visual-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-so-fight-them-verily-they-are-polytheists/
  23. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/06/20/new-audio-visual-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-ignore-them-and-their-false-allegations/
  24. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/07/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-they-will-not-harm-you-except-for-some-annoyance/
  25. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/08/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-who-is-the-peaceful-religion/
  26. ^ http://jihadology.net/2013/09/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-for-you-god-oh-the-oppressed-state/
  27. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/01/07/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-the-leader-doesnt-say-his-people-are-lying/
  28. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/03/07/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-then-we-pray-for-gods-curse-to-be-on-the-liars/
  29. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/04/03/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-he-will-surely-establish-for-them-therein/
  30. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/04/17/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-this-is-not-our-manhaj-nor-will-it-ever-be/
  31. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/05/11/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-sorry-amir-of-al-qaidah/
  32. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/06/11/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-the-good-that-has-happened-to-you-is-from-g/
  33. ^ http://jihadology.net/2014/06/29/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-this-is-the-promise-of-god/
  34. ^ http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/islamic_state_spokesman_again.php
  35. ^ http://jihadology.net/2015/01/26/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-say-die-in-your-rage/
  36. ^ http://jihadology.net/2015/03/12/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-so-they-kill-and-are-killed/
  37. ^ http://jihadology.net/2015/06/23/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-oh-our-people-respond-to-the-messenger-of-god/
  38. ^ http://jihadology.net/2015/10/13/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-say-to-those-who-disbelieve/
  39. ^ http://jihadology.net/2016/05/21/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-and-those-who-lived-in-faith-would-live-upon-evidence/
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