Having Faith in Baghdadi and IS is Ultimate Mistake

BLOKBERITA -- Blood thirst action by IS have created bad image of Islam. Thus, the followers of IS and Baghdadi are fighting for nothing but damaging the image of their own religion.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was born in Samara, Iraq in 1971 to a religious family. Prior to US invasion to Iraq, Baghdadi received his master and doctorate degree from an Islamic university in Adhamiya, Baghdad. His study focused on Islamic culture, law, and jurisprudence.

He never receives any degree from Sunni education institution like al-Azhar University in Cairo or Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia. Yet, many believe that his knowledge on traditional Islam is deeper than other al-Qaeda leaders such as Osama bin Laden and Aymen al-Zawahiri. He was ulema in Hanbal Ahmad ibn Imam Mosque in Samarra during 20013 US miltary invasions in Iraq.

According to Turki al-Binali, an ideology expert from Bahrain, Baghdadi is a descendant of Prophet Muhammad PBUH, which is an absolute requirement to become a caliph. Baghdadi belongs to al-Bu Badri tribe in Samarra and Diyala, North and East Baghdad, which is historicaly known as the home of many decendants of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi often uses other names like Abu Dua and Dr Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai. Then, to show that he is a descendant of Prophet Muhammad, he uses the name Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Al-Husseini Al-Qurashi, and proclaims himself as the leader (Amir) of al-Mu’minin Khalifah Ibrahim.

He was once arrested by US army in 2005, and detained at a detention center in Bucca Campin Umm Qasr, a city port at the south of Iraq. It is widely believed his 4 years in prison that radicalizes him. Bucca Camp is a large US prison compound in the South of Iraq nearby Kuwait dessert. According to Rodney Martin, Director of World View Foundations, the US released him after an interviewed by CIA, and reached a deal with him.

After US invasion in 2003, he was active in al – Qaeda’s Iraq chapter under Abu Mushab al-Zargawi leadership. During that time, he took part in foreign fighters smuggling into Iraq. He was then appointed as the leader of Rawa, a small town nearby Syrian border. Baghdadi and some of his friends was then created Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah (JJASJ), a clandestine armed group operated in Samarra, Diyala, and Baghdad where he himself was the leader of the Law council. As a result, Baghdadi became US fugitive with US$ 10 million reward.

Forbes Magazine on 6 November 2015 put Abu Bakr al – Baghdadi in the list of most influential people in the world. He was ranked 57th. At that time, has has proclaimed himself a the caliphate of Islamic State of Iraq and Sham. He also has begun trading oil in the black market with total reenue of around US$ 1 million per day.

His first written statement was made in his remarks on the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. His first audio message was released in July 2012 containing his foresight on Islamic State’s victory in the future.

Both Islamic State and Baghdadi cannot be trusted

The concept of Islamic State formulated by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi which is then manifested in the formation of IS truly does not portray the real values of Islam since it realy heavily on violence.

Blood thirst action by IS have created bad image of Islam. Thus, the followers of IS and Baghdadi are fighting for nothing but damaging the image of their own religion. Baghdadi himself is not even more humanist than Hitler or other fascist figures. Baghdadi as an individual also does not portray the character of a good Moslem since he makes so much money from blood oil.

However, it is interesting, though, to link Baghdadi and what is written by Hillary Clinton in her book that IS was actually created by the US to destroy Middle East Countries. Similarly, Rodney Martin also suspects Baghdadi as an agent of CIA. It means Baghdadi and the IS, just like Taliban in Afghanistan, are actually “the puppet” of the US, that now back fire for the US.

Both of the puppets has scored great achievement. The Taliban has managed to kick Soviet Union army out of their country, and disrupt Silk Road, which was relied upon by China to facilitate trade with Europe. In case of IS, it has sparked chaotic situation in the Middle East and Europe that eventually will prevail US hegemony over China and other BRICS member countries. (Inrev./bbcom)