Overview
Twitter personality “Abuqital ibn tauheed” is a propagandist for ISIS.Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter, accessed June 17, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24. Purportedly a young man living in ISIS-held territory, Abuqital uses Twitter as a platform to spread ISIS propaganda, celebrate violent jihad, and glorify the self-proclaimed Islamic State.
Before suspension, Tauheed’s Twitter feed was full of violent and propagandizing imagery. One image portrays a newborn baby wrapped in an ISIS flag, positioned next to a gun and a grenade.Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 2015, 7:10 a.m., https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607355762902487040. Other photos depict gun-wielding militants plastered with the words “victory or martyrdom,”Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 6:38 p.m., accessed June 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607360928582107136. or small children holding large gunsAbuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 7:03 p.m., accessed June 17, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607367239977730050. draped in the ISIS flag.Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 6:36 p.m., accessed June 17, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607360498829533184.
He largely tweets or retweets graphics that depict ISIS fighters,Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 6:45 p.m., accessed June 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607362686918127617. men on horses carrying the ISIS flag,Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 6:33 p.m., accessed June 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607359781213487104. women holding the ISIS flag,Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 7, 5:01 p.m., accessed June 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607698986594533376. and weaponry.Abuqital ibn tauheed, Twitter post, June 6, 6:31 p.m., accessed June 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuqitall24/status/607359092554932224.
Associated Groups
- Extremist entity
- ISIS
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- Type(s) of Organization:
- Insurgent, territory-controlling, religious, terrorist, violent
- Ideologies and Affiliations:
- Islamist, jihadist, pan-Islamist, Salafist, takfiri
- Position(s):
- Propagandist
ISIS is a violent jihadist group based in Iraq and Syria. The group has declared wilayas (provinces) in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the North Caucasus. ISIS has also waged attacks in Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tunisia, and Kuwait.
History
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On September 26, 2018, an improvised explosive device planted at the foot of a bridge exploded, killing eight soldiers in the lead vehicle of a Burkinabe military convoy traveling in northern Burkina Faso.