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1 DPS JAIPUR MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2016 MEET OF THE ISLAMIC WARLORDS AGENDA: Expansion and integration with special emphasis on funds, weapons and propaganda. MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF WARLORD: ASSALAMUALAIKUM WARLORDS, Jihad is our path and death in the name of Allah is our goal. This is the right path warlords, let us fight collectively against the world as

2 they fight against our religion collectively. Jihad is our only solution. In our 3 day meet we shall extensively discuss about three main topics; expansion, integration and increase in resources (funds, weapons etc.) In order to succeed in our goal, we need to go into the depth of the agenda and focus on our ultimate goal, i.e. the spread of jihad. This background guide is merely a brief introduction to the agenda and the research shouldn t be limited to it. I hope all of you understand the responsibility which has been bestowed upon you by your religion. This is a fight for Islam and we must emerge victorious. ALLAHU AKBAR. SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND HISTORY: CONCEPT OF JIHAD: Jihad is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to maintain the religion. In Arabic, the word jihād is a noun meaning the act of "striving, applying oneself, struggling, persevering". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid, the plural of which is mujahideen. The word jihad appears frequently in the Quran, often in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God (al-jihad fi sabil Allah)", to refer to the act of striving to serve the purposes of God on this earth. Muslims and scholars do not all agree on its definition. Many observers both Muslim and non-muslim as well as the Dictionary of Islam, talk of jihad having two meanings: an inner spiritual struggle (the "greater jihad"), and an outer physical struggle against the enemies of Islam (the "lesser jihad") which may take a violent or non-violent form. Jihad is often translated as "Holy War", although this term is controversial. According to orientalist Bernard Lewis, "the overwhelming majority of classical theologians, jurists", and specialists in the hadith "understood the obligation of jihad in a military sense. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi states that there is consensus among Islamic scholars that the concept of jihad will always include armed struggle against wrong doers.

3 It was generally supposed that the order for a general war could only be given by the Caliph (an office that was claimed by the Ottoman sultans), but Muslims who did not acknowledge the spiritual authority of the Caliphate (which has been vacant since 1923) such as non-sunnis and non-ottoman Muslim states always looked to their own rulers for the proclamation of a jihad. There has been in fact no universal warfare by Muslims on nonbelievers since the early caliphate. Some proclaimed jihad by claiming themselves as mahdi, e.g. the Sudanese Mahommed Ahmad in In classical Islam, the military form of jihad was also regulated to protect civilians. ISLAMISM AND ITS SPREAD: There is tremendous controversy over which terms to use when describing people who justify acts of terror and violence on an interpretation of Islam. For example, in the United States, some people make a point of saying Islamic terrorists in order to highlight perceived links between violence and Islamic fundamentalism. Others will strictly avoid connecting the word terrorism to any other term that implies a link to Islam, citing concerns about accuracy and the fear of promoting discrimination. In this article, use of the term Islamist conforms to the definition provided by the Associated Press: An advocate or supporter of a political movement that favors reordering government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam. Islamists may form political parties to advance their agenda, and some of these parties may even have extreme views of reform within society. But only a small minority of Islamists turn to terrorism in order to gain power, and that is the main subject of this article. The word Islamism is not a synonym for terrorism, nor is it a synonym for the religion of Islam itself. Although their goals may differ, Islamist groups generally want to set up states based on Islamic fundamentalism, or literal interpretation of the Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, and the Hadith, a collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. They believe that government based on Sharia, or Islamic law, is superior to any government based on secular laws, democracy in which multiple political views are represented, or any religion other than fundamentalist Islam. Islamists reject most things Western (except technology). They generally want a more equal society with less division between the rich and poor, but they want women to return to traditional role and dress. This can mean women taking care of the family, staying out of the political and business worlds, wearing a veil, and even dressing in garments that cover them completely. Islamists call for a return to a strict, pure Islam that they believe was practiced in the seventh century by the Prophet Muhammad and his immediate successors, the first four caliphs. Many Islamist terrorists, often called jihadist terrorists, view themselves as following Muhammad s example. Muhammad in A.D. 622 had to flee from Mecca with a small band of followers. Yet in 630,

4 he returned with an army of followers to conquer Mecca and then spread Islam throughout the Arabian Peninsula. terrorist groups often see themselves as small bands that will similarly lead Islam to victory. But terrorist tactics run against the basic teachings of Islam. The Koran set strict rules against suicide and killing women, children, and old people in battle. The overwhelming majority of Muslims deplore terrorist attacks and view them as violating the Koran. Most fundamentalist Muslims also believe terrorism violates Islamic law. Nonetheless, the Islamic State and other jihadist groups draw their supporters from the ranks of Islamic fundamentalists. Secular States After World War II Islam is the religion of more than 80 percent of the people in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Islamic empires controlled these areas for more than a thousand years, up until the fall of the last great Islamic empire the Ottoman Empire which collapsed after World War I. During the 200 years it was crumbling, European nations were busy adding most of the heavily Islamic areas of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia to their empires. This is known as the period of colonialism. Following World War I, they carved up most of the remaining parts of the old Ottoman Empire. European control ended gradually. Most countries in this heavily Islamic area gained their independence shortly after World War II, and almost all the new leaders who emerged in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Egypt chose to follow a secular model of government pioneered by Turkey after World War I. Many adopted European or American legal systems and other Western ways, forcing Islamic law and culture into the background. The Jewish State and the PLO In 1948, the United Nations, with the strong support of the United States, partitioned the land then called Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. The surrounding Arab countries, however, rejected this partition, which they viewed as another case of European colonialism, with Jews displacing Arabs. Surrounding Arab countries attacked Israel, but Israel defended its new borders and even gained territory. In 1967, Egypt and Syria mobilized their troops in preparation for another war, but Israel attacked first. This war lasted a mere six days and resulted in Israel occupying Egyptian land all the way to the Suez Canal as well as Jordan s West Bank, Syria s Golan Heights, and East Jerusalem. In 1973, Egypt and Syria attempted to defeat Israel in yet another war, but failed again.

5 The failures showed that the Arab states were too weak to overcome Israel, which was far more advanced economically and militarily. A new entity, the nationalistic Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), stepped in to take up the war against Israel. A secular organization, the PLO never favored an Islamist state. But factions of it started using terrorism kidnappings, shootings, bombings, and hijackings. (The PLO has consistently denied it was ever involved in terrorism.) In the 1980s, two Islamist groups formed to oppose both Israel and the secular PLO: Islamic Jihad and Hamas. Over the years, these two organizations frequently used suicide bombers to inflict terror within Israeli society. The Rise and Spread of Islamic Fundamentalism For many years, two main forces have worked to spread Islamic fundamentalism. One is a grassroots, non-governmental effort. The other is sponsored by the government of Saudi Arabia. One of the primary grassroots efforts has been through the Muslim Brotherhood. Today, this organization exists in more than 70 nations in the world. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt, during British colonial rule to create an ideal government, based on Sharia. Before this ideal Islamist state could be achieved, however, the Muslim masses would have to be gradually brought back to a fundamentalist Islam. The Brotherhood preached self-help, generosity, family values, social services for the poor, and restricting women to their traditional role in the home. In 1948, a member of this group assassinated Egypt s prime minister. The Brotherhood then splintered between those who advocated violence and those who wanted to work non-violently for an Islamist society. The same process has repeated itself in other countries, with the Brotherhood starting as a peaceful organization and sometimes splitting into more radical factions. The second powerful force pushing fundamentalism has been the Saudi Arabian government. The home to about one-fourth of the world s known oil reserves, Saudi Arabia produces great wealth. The Saudi government supports a fundamentalist Islam called Wahhabism, named after a Muslim named Muhammad bin Abd al-wahhab who lived in the 1700s. Wahhab led a religious movement to restore the purity of Islam in Arabia, the Muslim holy land where the Prophet Muhammad lived and died. Wahhab joined with the Saudi family of Arabia to violently suppress all Arab Muslims who resisted his fundamentalist version of Islam. The Saudis and their Wahhabi allies established the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Since the founding of the kingdom, the Saudi royal family has handed over control of religious, moral, educational, and legal matters to the Wahhabi clergy. Saudi Arabia has no elected government, and it allows no other religion and few human rights. The hands of thieves are still cut off as they were in Muhammad s time. Women have virtually no public life and are even forbidden to

6 drive automobiles, but they have gained the right to vote and run for public office in municipal (local) elections. The first such election took place in December The Saudi government has used money from its oil revenues to fund Wahhabi missionaries, mosques, and schools and to promote Wahhabism in dozens of countries, including the United States. The Revolution in Iran In 1979, a revolution in Iran overthrew the shah (king) and electrified the Muslim world. Many Muslims viewed the shah as a despot who had been put in power by the United States and Great Britain. Fundamentalists saw him as a traitor to Islam. During the turmoil that took place during the revolution, radical Muslim students seized the U.S. embassy and held American diplomats hostage for more than a year. The galvanizing leader of the Iranian Revolution was a Shiite Muslim, Ayatollah (a religious title) Ruhollah Khomeini. (Shiite Muslims are a minority about 15 percent of all Muslims but they constitute the majority in Iran, Iraq, and Bahrain and are about 40 percent of the population in Lebanon.) Khomeini seized power over other factions and created an Islamist state headed by a Supreme Religious Leader. Despite popular elections for other positions and even women s right to vote and hold public office, Shiite religious leaders control the military, law-making power, courts, education system, and all matters of public morality. But Iranians are increasingly demanding democratic reforms. Iran has also become a central source for arming and financing radical Islamist groups like Lebanon s Hezbollah (Party of God). In the 1980s in Lebanon, Hezbollah kidnapped a number of Westerners and was also responsible for the bombing that killed 241 U.S. Marines, sailors, and soldiers. Hezbollah also led an 18-year guerilla campaign against Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, which caused Israel to remove its troops in From the Soviet War in Afghanistan to 9/11 Also in 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in order to help Afghan communists who had seized power. Muslims from around the world called for a jihad, or holy war in defense of Islam, to free the Muslim country from the invaders. Thousands from many countries volunteered to be mujahedeen, holy warriors. Saudi-funded religious schools in neighboring Pakistan produced many volunteers for the jihad. Money poured in from the Muslim Brotherhood, but also from Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Saudis sent many volunteer fighters and spent untold millions of

7 dollars. The CIA contributed more than $3 billion, supplied more than 1,000 small, portable Stinger missiles (for shooting down helicopters and low-flying airplanes), and trained the mujahedeen. Afghanistan had become a battleground in the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. One of the Saudi volunteers was 25-year-old Osama bin Laden, a member of a wealthy Saudi family. He had attended Wahhabi schools and completed college studying engineering and public administration. For the Afghan jihad, he raised money through his family connections, set up training camps, and commanded mujahedeen in battle against the Soviets. He also organized his fighters into a network that became known as Al Qaeda ( the base ). After the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in 1989, Bin Laden returned home to Saudi Arabia as a hero. But in 1990, Iraq (led by Saddam Hussein) invaded Kuwait. Fearing that Iraq would next invade Saudi Arabia, Bin Laden offered to bring in mujahedeen to help defend the nation. Instead, Saudi King Fahd decided to rely on American military forces to defeat Iraq, and he allowed them to set up bases in the Muslim holy land. The stationing of non-muslim troops on Saudi Arabia s holy soil transformed Bin Laden into an outspoken enemy of the Saudi ruling family and its American defenders. Saudi Arabia expelled Bin Laden in He went to Sudan in East Africa, a country with a strict Islamist government. He took with him an estimated $250 million, part of which he spent to fund terrorist training camps. Bin Laden had become an international outlaw. Eventually, he made his way to Afghanistan, where the Taliban group had seized power and imposed a strict Islamist regime. (In Arabic, talib means student. ) The Taliban offered him sanctuary in Afghanistan where he provided the regime with financial aid and fighters. He also created training camps for his growing Al Qaeda terrorist network. In 1998, Bin Laden proclaimed jihad against Americans and Jews, claiming that the United States is occupying the lands of Islam in the holiest of its territories, Arabia, plundering its riches, overwhelming its rulers, humiliating its people, threatening its neighbors. Bin Laden decreed that it was the duty of every Muslim to kill Americans. After Bin Laden issued his decree, Islamist terrorists began to strike American targets. In 1998, two U.S. embassies were bombed in Africa. In 2000, suicide bombers attacked the U.S.S. Cole warship off the coast of Yemen. In 2001, terrorist airplane hijackers killed almost 3,000 people in the United States. The Hunt for Osama bin Laden The United States responded to the September 11, 200l, attacks by declaring a war on terrorism. U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban. In 2003, the United States and allies

8 invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, a brutal dictator, though not associated with Islamist ideas. Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama vowed to capture or kill Bin Laden. Obama shifted military forces to Afghanistan in part to accomplish it. During these presidencies, U.S. forces and intelligence agencies were successful in targeting and killing numbers of Al Qaeda leaders, but Bin Laden remained elusive. In August 2010, U.S. intelligence focused on a possible compound deep in Pakistan that had links to the terrorist leader. After months of information-gathering, more evidence suggested that this was Bin Laden s refuge. On April 29, 2011, after numerous briefings and security meetings, President Obama gave the order for Navy SEALs (Sea, Land, and Air team) to move in on the compound. On Sunday, May 1, they attacked and killed Bin Laden. In the firefight, four others were killed, including Bin Laden s son, one of his wives, and two other men. Upon hearing the news, President Obama reportedly said, We got him. A ten-year hunt had ended. The U.S. has continued its strategy to target and eliminate other Al Qaeda leaders, such as Sanafi al-nasr, a radicalized Saudi citizen who led an Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria. However, Al Qaeda and its affiliates (groups claiming allegiance) remained active in several countries, including Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. Ayman al-zawahiri, whom national security experts call the brains behind 9/11, has been a prominent spokesman for Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the January 2015 mass shooting at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, in which 12 people were killed. Charlie Hebdo had frequently published cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad, among other non-muslim religious and political figures. The Rise of ISIS and Boko Haram Starting in 2010, protests against authoritarian government in Tunisia quickly spread to other Arab states in North Africa and the Middle East. The widespread protests became known as the Arab Spring. In March 2011, the authoritarian regime of President Bashar al-assad in Syria imprisoned and tortured 15 young people for writing anti-government graffiti. This sparked protesters in the city of Deraa to demand democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners. Government security forces responded with gunfire, killing four protesters. By 2011, conflict in Syria became increasingly violent until civil war broke out in 2012, largely along religious lines. Sunni-dominated rebel groups battled the forces of the Shiite-dominated government. The government s use of chemical weapons and indiscriminate barrel bombs against civilians, as

9 well as violent and brutal conflicts among competing rebel groups, drove almost 12 million people from their homes. In the midst of this conflict, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rose to power. ISIS is a radical and well-organized Islamist organization that has conquered territory in Iraq and Syria, further driving many Syrians from their homes. The stated purpose of ISIS is to establish a renewed caliphate, or rule according to the earliest leaders in seventh-century Islam, and to become the highest authority in the Islamic world, destroying all it considers the enemies of Islam. The group is infamous for mass murder of civilians, graphic videos of beheadings of captives, and the destruction of irreplaceable archaeological treasures. Thousands of radicalized fighters from around the world, including Europe and the United States, have traveled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS, some later returning to their homelands. In 2015, ISIS claimed responsibility for suicide bombings in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 40 mostly Shia Muslims, downing a Russian airliner over Egypt killing 234 people, and for a massacre of over 130 people in Paris, France. Two reportedly self-radicalized jihadists in San Bernardino, California, carried out a mass shooting, killing 14 people, in December One of the shooters had proclaimed allegiance to ISIS on Facebook prior to the shooting. In the years since 9/11, another jihadist group called Boko Haram (generally defined as Western education is a sin ) organized a militant rebellion against the government of the African nation of Nigeria. Seeking to conquer the Christian-dominated areas of southern Nigeria and to install an Islamist government for the whole nation, Boko Haram targets Muslims and Christians alike in violent raids and assaults. The group grabbed the attention of the world in 2014 when its members kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in Chibok. Most of the girls were Christians who were forced to convert to Islam, and few were ever rescued. Amnesty International reports that the girls were sold into slavery, forced into marriages, and often brainwashed and turned into Boko Haram fighters. Originally allied to Al Qaeda, Boko Haram announced its support for the rival ISIS group in FUNDS, WEAPONS AND THE NEED FOR EXPANSION Today non-state actors can easily receive financial aids from external nations. The military wings of our organisations do not move from the area of conflict; instead thry create conflicts right from their homes to controlled areas and then to areas where they desire to control. Contrary to the state funded troops, these non-state military wings attain extensive funds, financial and technical assistance from offshore accounts and untraceable bogus organizations.

10 Arrangements like these allow the military wings to continue their fights without any external or third front opinions. However considering the situation today, military wings have started rotating combat troops to areas of conflict through interstate support and ties. Short term deployment works as a camouflage for the military wings as they assist other non-state organization and the opponent nations doesn t get to know. Thus Non State actors sustain in a region more and attain the power, communications, financial aid and weapons to start a war with the host nation. Growing Non State Networks In this era of globalisation the most salient threat to security and peace comes from self sustained and strong network organizations such as the Al Qaeda and its followers. These stateless organizations can only be battled by neutralising each and every one of its members, since organizations like these are certain to annihilate everyone. As great powers too can t defeat the increasing power of non-state actors thus at some point small organizations will get their hands on nuclear material and they will not hesitate to use it against a strong nation certainly like the United States. This has become one of the greatest threats post Cold War hence great powers should come together devote their resources and counter it. It is more likely that non-state actors like Al Qaeda could attack great power nations as they neither share the boundaries nor are they attached to any territory and depend less on state approval. Contrary to governments, non-state networks do not bother themselves with maintaining infrastructure, protecting civilians, managing economy or international relations. They depend heavily on black market trade, smuggling illicit weapons from military depots and industrial base rather than. international trade. With a different perspective than guerrilla rebels they attack the interested parties of the great nations and do not harbour near the enemy territory. They fully exploit all the medium of communication specially the internet and use this space to communicate, strategize, and spread ideology. Sources of funds: 1)Charities: Donations were once the largest source of terrorist funding, coming mostly from charities and wealthy individuals. For years, individuals and charities based in Saudi Arabia were the most important source of funds for al-qaeda, according to a 2002 CFR Task Force Report. A 2004 update to that report shows Saudi officials have taken steps to disrupt terrorist financing in their country, yet charities continue to play a role in the sponsorship of terrorist groups. "In the Islamic world, there are tens of thousands of charities," says Robert O. Collins, coauthor of the new book Alms for Jihad. While as few as a hundred may sponsor terrorism, "these are some of the wealthiest charities," Collins says. Experts say some of these organizations raise funds with the express intent of supporting terrorists; others seek to promote Islam through legitimate programs, but can be coopted by jihadists who then use the funds to promote their own radical cause. 2)Illicit Activities: Many terrorist groups have supported themselves through other illegal commerce as well. In his book, Illicit, Moisés Naím explains that the terrorists behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing raised money by selling counterfeit t-shirts on New York City's Broadway, and the perpetrators of the 2004 Madrid train bombings sold counterfeit CDs and trafficked drugs to support their activities. Hezbollah, the Irish Republican Army, and the Basque ETA are also believed to have generated revenue through counterfeiting scams. In 2002, federal agents broke up a methamphetamine ring in a dozen U.S. cities that, according to officials, funneled proceeds to Hezbollah. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has long used the cocaine trade to finance its operations. Afghanistan's flourishing poppy crops, which the United Nations says are responsible for as much as 86 percent of the world opium supply, are widely believed to be a major source of terrorist funding. Al-Qaeda reportedly profited from the Afghan poppy trade before fleeing

11 the country when the Taliban-led government was ousted in )Front Companies: Many terrorist organizations attempt to operate legitimate businesses, which generate their own profits and can also be used as a front for money laundering. Ties to terrorism have been found amid the trade of livestock, fish, and leather. Businesses involved in agriculture and construction have also been found to support terrorism. In 2001, the New York Times reported that Osama bin Laden owned and operated a string of retail honey shops throughout the Middle East and Pakistan. In addition to generating revenue, the honey was used to conceal shipments of money and weapons. Measures taken by State agencies to counter financing The 9/11 attacks brought an international sense of urgency to disrupting terrorists' financial networks. Within a few weeks, the UN Security Council adopted a wide-ranging resolution demanding countries take action to suppress terrorist financing. The following month, the Financial Action Task Force, an intergovernmental body, issued a list of recommendations that became the basis for many governments' efforts. These included passing legislation specifically criminalizing terrorist financing, requiring financial institutions to report suspicious transactions, creating a greater degree of international cooperation in tracking down terrorist financiers, and ratifying the UN convention on financing terrorism, a step that has been taken by 150 countries. Like several other nations, the United States created a special agency the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence to coordinate these efforts. The Patriot Act, along with subsequent legislation, created tough legal measures to combat terrorist financing. Banks must now report any suspicious activities and are also required to check their clients and third parties involved in transactions against a list of suspected terrorists. While these measures have been fairly effective within the United States, Napoleoni says terrorists have simply "shifted all the money to Europe. Procurement of weapons Our organisations have adopted various methods, ranging from diverted development funds provided by other countries to the production and sale of drugs. The Taliban, for instance, cracked down on opium production when they came into power in the early 1990s. After a few years, though, they found the money they could earn through opium too attractive to dismiss. Kidnapping has also proved useful as a way to raise funds for arms, as well as common crime such as bank robbery. A country may find it useful to its own ends to provide arms to insurgent or radical groups in another part of the world. Libya, for example, provided arms and training facilities to the Irish Republican Army. Syria has offered material support to numerous dissident groups. Then there are the regular arms sales between governments. Without strict controls on the receiving end, weapons can disappear from state armories and appear in the hands of others. This can be done on large and small scales. Government agencies can intentionally arm their allies (even if they are considered problematic by the selling country) or it can be a matter of pilferage by the keepers of the armories selling stock for their own profit. Major State Sponsors We receive ammunition from very different countries, including the US, China and Russia. What was found depends on the specific area. In Iraq, it's mostly US-made (by way of US allies in the region). In Syria, it's older China or Soviet-made ammunition that Syria's army and security forces would have imported earlier. Recently produced ammunition comes from Bulgaria and China, which still manufacture ammunition

12 for Soviet/Warsaw pact weapons. There is some from Turkey as well, for weapons from NATO countries. A few spent cartridges come from Iran, possibly through the Syrian security forces. Some ammunition comes from far away countries like Kyrgyzstan, Albania or North Korea. There are also a couple from Sudan. The number is small so there is no evidence that Sudan plays a great role in all this but this illustrates the complexity of the supply routes. Some ammunition for Soviet weapons was produced in Russia but for a US company. It was then distributed to US allies in the region. The Need For Greater Expansion Terrorist attacks have been frequent in Indonesia, Turkey, Cameroon, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, France, Belgium, UK and other countries which display the growing reach of the groups. Major players like Boko Haram, IS, al-qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, al-nusra Front, the Afghan Taliban, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and Kurdistan Workers Party have been instrumental in our new global outreach. But minor organisations have made minimal growth in these years and it's crucial for a cumulative network to be developed where bigger and more financially sound groups can share their resources with smaller organisations to destabilise important State regions. The presence of Jihad and Islam is already making the world's biggest States shiver but it's important to develop on these recent achievements to solidify our place on the world map. WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY WORK FOR THE SPREAD OF JIHAD AND OUR IDEOLOGY. WE HAVE ALREADY EXPANDED OURSELVES TO THE MOST POWERFUL AND POPULOUS NATIONS AND I BELIEVE THAT AFTER THIS MEET, WE WILL HAVE A WELL STRUCTURED PLAN TO FURTHER GROW OUR ROOTS. IN THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE WITH A MESSAGE THAT INSPIRES US ALL: The enemy should prepare the coffins for their soldiers and settlers, because the revenge will be deep and swift. ALLAHU AKBAR!

13 In case of a doubt regarding the background guide, the committee procedures, the agenda as a whole, feel free to contact ; SHASHWAT AWASTHI CHAIRPERSON, MEET OF ISLAMIC WARLORDS MOB NO: shashwatbifa03@gmail.com

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