Al Qaeda announces India branch in video
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri in his speech that was spotted on Wednesday online announced the India wing for the Muslims of Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat and Kashmir. He said the new wing will be in support of the Muslims facing oppression.
Al Qaeda is now facing a challenge of the Islamic State group that is of late trending in global terrorism headlines with its leader Abu Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaiming himself a the Caliph—head of state and theocratic absolute monarch—of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) located in western Iraq and north-eastern Syria.
The latest Al Qaeda video is of 55 minutes duration and Zawahri also lent his support to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
Al Qaeda is a global militant Islamist and Wahhabist organization founded by late Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other militants in the late 1980s.
After the 9/11 attack in USA, it shot into limelight and faced a setback when Osama was tracked hiding in Pakistan by the US and killed in a covert operation in May 2011.
Ayman al Zawahri is an Egyptian physician and Islamic theologian who is currently the leader of Al Qaeda.
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