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.
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