Al-Muhajir portrayed the shootings by a white extremist, which killed 50 Muslims as they prayed in the city of Christchurch, as an extension of the campaign against the Islamic State. He likened the mosque attacks to the weeks-long battle raging in the last village under Islamic State control in Syria. '”While the Islamic State group has lost all but a sliver of the vast territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, military officials say the group remains a potent threat. The spokesman’s extended absences — much like those of the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi — have fuelled rumours of his death. That raises a number of questions: How did he know about the slaughter of Muslims in New Zealand?

Source: bd News24 March 19, 2019 03:56 UTC