Al-Shabaab funery prayer (salat al-janaza) & burial of Shaykh Nur Mu'alim 'Abdi Rahman, a religious scholar affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union & then Al-Shabaab.
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Born in 1960/1961 (1380 hijri) in Adan Yabal, Middle Shabelle, he studied in Mogadishu & later at the University of Science and Technology in Yemen & Sudan, memorizing the Qur'an & studying Arabic grammar, Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir), & Shafi'i fiqh.
In his final years, he was active in religious missionary propagation (da'wa), influencing many of the "mujahidin & martyrdom-seekers" through his lectures in local mosques.
Al-Shabaab Juba wali Mohamed Abu 'Abdullah led the janaza prayer for the shaykh.
IS-West Africa claimed responsibility for freeing hundreds of prisoners in an attack on a Nigerian government prison in Kuje outside Abuja (re: news.yahoo.com/nigeria-prison…):
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IS-West Africa video footage of their attack on the Kuje prison outside of the Nigerian capital city, Abuja, which freed hundreds of prisoners including members of the militant group:
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Estimates of the number of prisoners freed in the IS-West Africa raid on the Nigerian government's Kuje prison increased to 879:
Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Haybatullah Akhundzada, in his annual 'Eid al-Fitr (1441) message, says the group seeks normal diplomatic relations with neighboring & other countries, unlike IS or AQ groups:
Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Haybatullah Akhundzada, in his annual 'Eid al-Fitr (1441) message, claims that the group does not seek a national political monopoly & accuses "foreign intelligence networks" of trying to foment ethnic, tribal, & sectarian tensions in the country:
Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Haybatullah Akhundzada, in his annual 'Eid al-Fitr (1441) message, praised agreement with U.S. & called for release of prisoners while seeking to bring about defections in the government by a declaration of a general amnesty: