Abu Dhar Azzam Explained

Abu Dhar Azzam
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Religion:Islam
School:Rohingya
Sect:Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
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Other Names:Abu Dhar al-Burmi
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Abu Dhar Azzam (Arabic: أبو ذر عزام), also known as Abu Dhar al-Burmi[1] [2] (Arabic: أبو ذر البورمي) and Abu Dhar al Bakistani (Arabic: أبو ذر الباكستاني), is a Rohingya Islamist cleric and a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

Biography

Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas (FATA). He has been a prominent member of the Turkistan Islamic Party, the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.[3] He was a former spokesperson for the IMU[4] and a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[5]

Azzam is sympathetic to the Rohingyas and supported them during the 2012 Rakhine State riots. He also congratulated the Tsarnaev brothers for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Baker . Benjamin David . 22 October 2015 . Pakistan Announces That It Has Defeated ETIM. So What? . The Diplomat .
  2. News: Tiezzi . Shannon . 25 June 2014 . Chinese Involvement in Global Jihad . The Diplomat .
  3. Web site: New release from Shaykh Abū Dhar 'Azzām: "Rather, They Established the Differences" . 30 September 2016 . Jihadology .
  4. Web site: IMU cleric urges Pakistanis to continue sheltering jihadis in Waziristan. Roggio . Bill . 23 November 2011 . the Long War Journal.
  5. Web site: Former IMU cleric latest to denounce Islamic State. Roggio . Bill . 30 August 2016 . the Long War Journal.
  6. Web site: 6 September 2013 . Al-Qaeda Cleric Praises Tsarnaev Brothers As Models For Muslim Children . Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) . 22 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328190800/http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7393.htm . 28 March 2014 . dead .