Abubakar Shekau, pledge of allegiance to ISIS, March 7, 2015

Author
Abubakar Shekau
Date
03/07/2015
Body
“We announce our allegiance to the Caliph ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease. We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the Caliph.” “Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State - audio clip,” Reuters, March 8, 2015, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/08/uk-nigeria-boko-haram-caliphate-idUKKBN0M30TA20150308.
Date
Rhetoric Category
Pro-Islamism
Threat
Boko Haram

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