Abu Dhar Azzam | |
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أبو ذر عزام | |
Title | Cleric |
Personal | |
Religion | Islam |
School | Rohingya |
Sect | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan |
Other names | Abu Dhar al-Burmi |
Abu Dhar Azzam ( Arabic: أبو ذر عزام), also known as Abu Dhar al-Burmi [1] [2] ( Arabic: أبو ذر البورمي) and Abu Dhar al Bakistani (أبو ذر الباكستاني), is a Rohingya Islamist cleric and a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas ( FATA). He has been a prominent member of the Turkistan Islamic Party, the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. [3]
He was a former spokesperson for the IMU [4] and a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [5]
Azzam is sympathetic to the Rohingyas and supported them during the 2012 Rakhine State riots. He also congratulated the Tsarnaev brothers for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing. [6]
Abu Dhar Azzam | |
---|---|
أبو ذر عزام | |
Title | Cleric |
Personal | |
Religion | Islam |
School | Rohingya |
Sect | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan |
Other names | Abu Dhar al-Burmi |
Abu Dhar Azzam ( Arabic: أبو ذر عزام), also known as Abu Dhar al-Burmi [1] [2] ( Arabic: أبو ذر البورمي) and Abu Dhar al Bakistani (أبو ذر الباكستاني), is a Rohingya Islamist cleric and a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas ( FATA). He has been a prominent member of the Turkistan Islamic Party, the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. [3]
He was a former spokesperson for the IMU [4] and a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). [5]
Azzam is sympathetic to the Rohingyas and supported them during the 2012 Rakhine State riots. He also congratulated the Tsarnaev brothers for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing. [6]