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Al Qaeda ‘declares war’ on ISIS for declaring themselves leader of all Muslims
By Mirror
Updated Friday, September 11th 2015 at 15:35 GMT +3
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, who replaced Osama bin Laden as boss of the jihadis four years ago, slammed his opposite number in an audio message.
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Terror group al Qaeda has ‘declared war’ on fellow jihadists Islamic State in an angry speech by its leader.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, who replaced Osama bin Laden four years ago, blasted his opposite number in an audio message on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary.
Al-Zawahiri accused the ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of ‘sedition’ for last year declaring he is the leader of all Muslims - the fourth Caliph.
In the message, released online on Wednesday, Egyptian doctor al-Zawahiri said: “We have endured a lot of harm from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers, and we preferred to respond with as little as possible, out of our concern to extinguish the fire of sedition.
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“But Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers did not leave us a choice, for they have demanded that all the mujahideen reject their confirmed pledges of allegiance, and to pledge allegiance to them for what they claim of a caliphate."
Al-Baghdadi had called on the world’s Muslims to “obey” him as the head of the caliphate in a rare public speech in Mosul, Iraq last year.
He said: "I am the wali (leader) who presides over you, though I am not the best of you, so if you see that I am right, assist me.
“If you see that I am wrong, advise me and put me on the right track, and obey me as long as I obey God in you.”
Zawahiri said “everyone was surprised” by al-Baghdadi’s declaration and he had done this “without consulting the Muslims”.
A counter terrorism expert has said the move will ‘irreconcilably’ divide the two militant groups.
