![]() ![]() ![]() IS was designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and almost all sovereign states, and Baghdadi was individually considered a terrorist by the United States and many other countries. īaghdadi's claim to be "caliph" was almost universally rejected by the Muslim community. Baghdadi was chosen caliph of the Islamic State by the Shura Council, who represented those members of the Islamic State qualified to elect a caliph. ![]() In June 2014, the group once again re-designated itself as the "Islamic State", and declared itself to be a caliphate. In March 2013, the group renamed itself as the "Islamic State of Iraq and Levant" (ISIL), announcing its intention to expand into Syria and forcibly assimilate the Al-Nusra Front, leading to a conflict with Al-Qaeda's general command. Upon the dissolution of the MSC in October 2006, Baghdadi became a leading member of the newly established Islamic State of Iraq organization, and rose through the group's ranks until he was appointed its emir, the highest leader, in 2010. His group joined the Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) coalition in 2006 and fought alongside Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Following the American invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Baghdadi led the " Jama'at Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama'ah" insurgent group in Iraq and was detained with al-Qaeda commanders at the American Camp Bucca in 2004. Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri ( Arabic: ابراهيم عواد ابراهيم علي البدري, romanized: ʾIbrāhīm ʿAwād ʾIbrāhīm Alī al-Badri 28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( Arabic: أبو بكر البغدادي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Baghdādī), was an Iraqi militant who was the first caliph of the Islamic State (IS) from 2014 until his death.īaghdadi was born in Samarra and obtained graduate degrees in Islamic theology in the late 1990s and 2000s. ![]()
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