Isnilon Hapilon, Pledge of Support for ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, July 2014

Date
July 2014
Name of Author
Isnilon Hapilon
Body

Pledging support for ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi:
“We pledge to obey him on anything which our hearts desire or not and to value him more than anyone else. We will not take any emir (leader) other than him unless we see in him any obvious act of disbelief that could be questioned by Allah in the hereafter.”Michelle FlorCruz, “Philippine Terror Group Abu Sayyaf May Be Using ISIS Link For Own Agenda,” International Business Times, September 25, 2014, http://www.ibtimes.com/philippine-terror-group-abu-sayyaf-may-be-using-isis-link-own-agenda-1695156.

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