Washington: It is said that al Queda leader Al-Zawahiri and the core of al Qaeda are locked up in a battle with ISIS for the leadership of the global jihadist movement on the basis of very different visions and strategies.
ISIS was expelled from al Qaeda as they rejected al-Zawahiri’s demand and forced to restrict its activities to Iraq.
Prominent jihadi preachers like Abu Muhammad al Maqdisi and Abu Qatada have blamed ISIS for its deviation.
The unique movement of ISIS has captured the imagination of new generation jihadists working from Arab and European states.
With its merciless movement as a Caliphate, dramatic desire for territorial gains and unforgivable propaganda for its existence, the ISIS is said to have secured the minds of new generation jihadists
Its chilling brutality toward non-Muslims as well as Muslims, its stiff representation of Islam’s echo, al Qaeda in Iraq, whose vicious attacks on Shia Muslims and moderate Sunnis had gained the anger of the late al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden.
In short, ISIS’ in Iraq is creating a serious organizational, strategic, and ideological blow to al Qaeda.
This was narrated by analyst Barak Mendelsohn in Foreign Affairs.
However, the leaders of al Qaeda affiliates have expressed their loyalty to al-Zawahiri.
After the death of its leader Ahmad Abdi Godane last week, Al-Shabaab quickly repeated its loyalty to the al Qaeda leader while Nasir al Wuhayshi who stands at the second position in al Qaeda’s desired to be at the leadership of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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