Posted on 06/04/2015 10:28:48 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The Islamic States so-called Khorasan province threatened the Taliban in a video released late last month. The video, which is more than 15 minutes long, features a lengthy speech by an unnamed jihadist (see image above) in front of armed fighters and local villagers.
The speaker, citing the Prophet Mohammed, warns that there cannot be two caliphs. If one of the caliphs fulfills the appropriate criteria for being the ummahs supposed leader that is, the head of the worldwide community of Muslims then the other must be vanquished, the speaker says.
Although he doesnt name Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, the Islamic States man undoubtedly intended to evoke a comparison between Omar and Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the Islamic States self-proclaimed caliph. His speech, therefore, could be seen as a call to eliminate Omar.
In the video, the Islamic States Khorasan province also accuses the Taliban of attacking its fighters at the behest of Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The ISI has long backed the Taliban, and it is widely suspected that Omar is being sheltered by part of the ISIs establishment, or at least lives in Pakistan with the intelligence services knowledge. . .
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So, who do we root for?................
“So, who do we root for?................”
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