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Category: Russia
New video message from Temīr-Khān-Shūrā in Wilāyah Dagestān of the Caucasus Emirate: "Operation on September 22, 2011"
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Ghurabā' presents a new video message from the Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate 'Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī: "Lecture on the Book Mashāri' al-'Ashwāq 'Ila Maṣari' al 'Ushāq by Ibn al-Naḥās, Part 1"
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New statement from the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog: "One Year of Work"
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New video message from Shāmil, the Amir of Shamilkala Sector in Wilāyah Dagestān of the The Caucasus Emirate
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IslāmDīn presents a new video message from United Wilāyah of Kabarda, Balkar, and Karachay of The Caucasus Emirate: "The Last Battle of the Noble Ones"
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New statement from the Derbent Jamā'at in Wilāyah Dagestān of The Caucasus Emirate: "Message from Mujāhidīn of the Southern Sector"
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Ghurabā' presents a new video message from 'Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī, the Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate: "The Status of the Spoils of War in Light of Contemporary Realities"
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Ghurabā' presents a new video message from 'Abd Ar-Raḥman Amīr of Tsumada District in Wilāyah Dagestān of the Caucasus Emirate: "Situation of Jihād in the Tsumada District"
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Check out my new article for the Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst: "The Reunification of the Caucasus Emirate"
NOTE: I wrote this about a month ago and it was finally published on Monday so it is kind of dated, but is a good summary. It follows up on my piece about the fitnah that surrounded the Caucasus Emirate in the second half 2010 and first half of 2011 that I wrote about for the Atlantic, which you can read here. Below is the opening paragraph of my new piece for the Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst.
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In late July 2011, the Caucasus Emirate’s official media mouthpiece Kavkaz Center announced that the two rival factions within the emirate had reconciled their differences through a Shari’ah court. Aslambek Vadalov and Khusayn Gakayev, as well as other commanders who previously rescinded their bay’at to Doku Umarov, renewed their allegiance. This episode provides further evidence of the decline of Arab fighter influence in the Caucasus jihad, yet paradoxically shows the impact of popular Arab online jihadi shaykhs. It also solidifies Umarov’s pan-Caucasus project as the leading resistance to Russian aggression in contrast to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria’s claims as the true representatives of the more nationalist-Islamist Chechen struggle.
Read the rest here.