Like Osama bin Laden, Al-Baghdadi was no longer the functional leader of his Islamic terror group by the time we hunted him down, but there is an important difference. While Al-Baghdadi had handed down operational control, he remained the Caliph. As such, the entire basis for the Islamic State and its alliances depended on him. […]
Keeping up with the Qardashians: new Islamic State caliph is Sharia judge Abdullah Qardash
“After his release Qardash served as a religious commissar and a general sharia judge for al-Qaeda…” A “religious commissar and a general sharia judge”? What? Don’t these people realize that al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam? Pope Francis should head to Iraq now to explain their peaceful religion […]
Keeping up with the Qardashians: Islamic State caliph al-Baghdadi names successor, Abdullah Qardash
The caliph without a caliphate, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is apparently still alive, at least as of April 9, but may be in ill health, as he has apparently named a successor, Abdullah Qardash. Qardash “had served as a religious commissar for Al Qaeda before joining ISIS.” “Religious commissar”? Don’t these people realize that al-Qaeda and […]