As the sun rose in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended the decades-long rule of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who blamed Osama bin Laden for planning the 9/11 attacks. was helped by Bin Laden died in Pakistan in May 2011 in the face of a US strike team led by Navy SEALs. Zawahiri died in Kabul at 6:18 am.
India has been mentioned in al-Zawahiri’s videos since 2001, but it was only after the 2011 US airstrike that killed bin Laden took over the terror group that he increased his threats against India.
Convoy of Jihad
In September 2014, Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the creation of a regional affiliate of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), taking advantage of sanctuaries in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
“A new branch of al-Qaeda was established in the Indian subcontinent, which is striving to raise the banner of jihad and restore Islamic rule throughout the subcontinent,” the al-Qaeda chief said.
In a video, the terrorist leader appealed to Muslims in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to join the “Caravan Jihad”. According to a report in GuardianZawahiri said the new “al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent” would be the “standard bearer” of Osama bin Laden’s “global message,” which aims to unite (the world’s Muslims) in jihad against the enemy, liberate occupied lands, It has to be done. establish a caliphate”
Remarks of the Prophet
In June this year, the Zawahiri-led terror outfit issued a statement calling for suicide attacks against India in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and New Delhi over controversial remarks about the Prophet of Islam by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Threatened to do so.
“We will kill those who insult our Prophet and we will tie explosives to our bodies and the bodies of our children to blow up the ranks of those who dare to insult our Prophet. [They] There will be no forgiveness or forgiveness, no peace and security will save them and this matter will not end with words of condemnation or regret,” the statement threatened.
Row of hijab
In April 2022, al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri used the hijab controversy in Karnataka to target democracy in India. In a nearly 9-minute video clip released online by the terrorist organization, and verified by the US SITE intelligence group, Zawahiri appeared to confront a group of students protesting the hijab at his college in early February. But praised a college student from Karnataka.
“May Allah reward him for exposing the reality of Hindu India and the illusion of its infidel democracy,” the al-Qaeda chief said in an Arabic video clip. Addressing the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, he said that they should realize that in the real world “there is no such thing as respect for human rights or the constitution or the law”.
Kashmir
In a video released in July 2019, the al-Qaeda chief called on the “Mujahideen in Kashmir” to deliver “unrelenting blows” to the Indian Army and government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“I think the Mujahideen (militant terrorists) in Kashmir – at least at this stage – should single-mindedly focus on relentless attacks on the Indian army and government to bleed the Indian economy and India. can be subjected to continuous losses in manpower and equipment.”
Zawahiri also said that the “fighting in Kashmir” was not a separate conflict but part of the Muslim community’s “jihad against a wide array of forces” worldwide. He appealed to “nameless” scholars to push the point.
Officials then said the video was an attempt to unite disaffected terrorist ranks in the Valley.
In another video message in May this year, Zawahiri called the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a “slap on the face of Muslims”. Drawing parallels between Kashmir and Palestine, the terrorist leader criticized Arab countries for supporting India on the Jammu and Kashmir issue.
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