Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda emir, September 3, 2014

Date
September 3, 2014
Name of Author
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Body

In a video release announcing the formation of AQIS:
“A new branch of al-Qaeda was established and is Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent, seeking to raise the flag of jihad, return the Islamic rule, and empowering the Shariah of Allah across the Indian subcontinent.”Bill Roggio, “Al Qaeda Opens Branch in the ‘Indian Subcontinent,’” Long War Journal, September 3, 2014, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/al_qaeda_opens_branc.php.

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