ISIS fighters sit on a tank during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. PTI
Baghdad,
July 2: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) commander
Ibrahim Awwad al-Badri on Tuesday vowed to wage war against several
countries, including India, in a Ramadan speech, a report published in
the Hindu said.
[Read: ISIS seizes key Syrian town on Iraq border]
This is the first time that the insurgent group mentioned about India in
its manifesto and raised fears about the safety of hundreds of Indians
who remain trapped in various cities controlled by the Islamist group,
which is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the governments of
Iraq and Syria, the report added.
The ISIS leader said Muslims' rights were seized in countries
including India
Al-Badri, who is also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, invited believers
to take up arms in the holy month and take on Allah's enemies and seek
their death in the places where they expect to find it, the Hindu report
aid.
He said the rights of the Muslims have been seized in countries like
China, India, Palestine, Somalia, the Arabian Peninsula, Eqypt, Iraq,
Indonesia, Afghanistan and several other countries in Asia and Africa.
Al-Badri said the ummah of Jihad was looking up to the jihad of the
believers with hope. The speech was released online in various languages
apart from English, the report said.
The ISIS declared al-Badri as the commander of the failthful earlier
this week and announced him as the leader of the Islamic caliphate that
it eyes to create.