Pledge allegiance to Islamic State, exhorts video of ‘Kashmiri fighter’

NEW DELHI: A pro-Islamic State (IS), Kashmir-centric media unit Al-Qaraar has released a video of an alleged Kashmiri ‘fighter’ asking fellow fighters and Muslims in the Valley to pledge allegiance to the terror group Islamic State and join its so-called ‘caliphate’.

The nearly 14-minute long video, carrying English subitles, has a fighter identified as ‘Abu al-Bara’ al-Kashmiri’ delivering a speech in Urdu while sitting in front of a flag bearing the words ‘

Kashmir Province

’, according to an update put out by the

SITE Intelligence Group

website.

He calls upon the ‘fighters’ and Muslims in Kashmir who fight a seek to establish a ‘calipahte’, including Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, to swear allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Men can be seen in the video marching through the street carrying the IS’ banner.

On December 22, Al-Qaraar had published a poster calling Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind fighters and its leader, Zakir Musa, to join the IS. Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind was floated by Al Qaida as its Kashmir wing, with former

Hizbul Mujahideen

leader Zakir Musa in the lead.

Al Qaraar

uploaded the poster carrying the message: “We invite soldiers of Ansaar Gazwat-ul-Hind and their Ameer Zakir Musa to join the caravan of the Caliphate respond to the call of time... don’t listen to the blames of the blamers” — on its Telegram channel and Twitter account on December 22.

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