Twitter personality “Ana Eashaa” is a propagandist for ISIS. Eashaa uses Twitter to express support of ISIS, including by bragging about women’s supposed freedom in ISIS-held territory.ana_eashaa, Twitter post, March 30, 2015, 12:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/582581069452566529. She calls non-Muslims “kuffar” (nonbelievers), the Western coalition against ISIS “cowards,”ana_eashaa, Twitter post, April 10, 2015, 5:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/586643051868717057. and promotes similarly extremist accounts, including that of Jamaican-based propagandist Abdullah Faisal.ana_eashaa, Twitter post, March 28, 2015, 11:36 a.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/581842383781937152.

Eashaa has appealed to viewers to support ISIS by writing of its supposed virtues, including that the terror group distributes goods to the poor and needyana_eashaa, Twitter post, March 27, 2015, 9:12 a.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/581443647645814784. and allows women to drive.ana_eashaa, Twitter post, March 30, 2015, 12:31 p.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/582581069452566529.

Eashaa’s accounts were purportedly suspended by Twitter at least twice, but she continues to resurface under new accounts. Eashaa’s first tweet from the @al_muslimah2 account, purportedly Eashaa’s third, garnered upwards of 20 retweets as of June 2015.ana_eashaa, Twitter post, March 26, 2015, 12:49 p.m., https://twitter.com/al_muslimah2/status/581135913381679104.

Twitter personality Abu Esaa is a propagandist for ISIS.Abu Esaa, Twitter, accessed June 30, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuesaa03. He has published several tweets demanding that sharia (Islamic law) be implemented worldwide, and has issued thinly veiled threats to America.

Abu Esaa has tweeted angrily about Muslim protesters in support of gay marriage.Abu Esaa, Twitter, accessed June 30, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuesaa03. He writes that they should face “the wrath of Allah” and describes them as kuffar, or nonbelievers.Abu Esaa, Twitter, accessed June 30, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuesaa03.

Abu Esaa frequently retweets news relating to ISIS and promotes the accounts of ISIS propagandists. Abu Esaa especially promotes Abu Haleema, an associate of Anjem Choudary, the U.K.-based Islamist and head of the proscribed group al-Muhajiroun. In addition to his Twitter account, Abu Haleema operates a YouTube channel on which he posts propagandizing videos.Abu Esaa, Twitter, accessed June 30, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuesaa03.

On October 7, 2015, Abu Esaa tweeted “As The Soldiers Of Allah inch towards Damascus, the kufar intensify the effort to try to wipe them out. KNOW that Allah has promised victory”:Abu Esaa, Twitter post, October 7, 2015, 7:46 a.m., https://twitter.com/AbuEsaa03/status/651725161054515200.

Esaa quotes extremist ideologues such as Anwar al-Awlaki and tweets in favor of freeing Omar Bakri Muhammad, a radical Islamist cleric and co-founder of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the U.K., currently imprisoned in Lebanon.Abu Esaa, Twitter, accessed June 30, 2015, https://twitter.com/abuesaa03.

“Ibrahim Anderson” is an Islamist Twitter propagandist based in the United Kingdom. He regularly accuses the United States and United Kingdom of terrorismIbrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 2, 2015, 3:15 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627784835407417344. while calling for replacing civil law with sharia (Islamic law). Anderson has posted on several occasions for man-made law to “go to hell.”Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 7:23 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627484685153779712.

Anderson has not posted specific support for ISIS, but has retweeted several jihadist Twitter accounts, such as Anjem Choudary, Abu Haleema, and Mizanur Rahman. He frequently tweets condemnations of secular law, particularly relating to treatment of Muslims. He has called for the release of all Muslim prisoners,Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 5, 2015, 1:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/629027235836620800. including Choudary and Rahman.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 5, 2015, 1:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/629027235836620800.

Anderson declared in an August 6, 2015, post that pedophiles receive better treatment under the law than Muslims.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 3, 2015, 2:05 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/628310826303258624. The only solution, according to Anderson, is sharia.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 7:21 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627484330437267456. Muslims are subjected to raids and arrests “with out committing any crimes,” he writes.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 3, 2015, 2:04 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/628310446550962176. In one series of tweets in early August 2015, Anderson recalled his arrest and detention by British authorities. He was eventually released without an apology or the “return of [his] belongings.”Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 10:17 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627483212118392832.

Anderson has also called British Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May terrorists,Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 5, 2015, 9:45 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/628970058367258624. warning that they “will pay” when sharia is implemented.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 5, 2015, 1:47 p.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/629030893781389313.

Anderson has accused the West of attacking Muslim landsIbrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 2:02 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627403997817778176. and targeting Muslims—at the rate of hundreds per day—because of their faith.Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 1:58 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627403094465359872. He accuses the non-Muslims of thinking Muslim blood is cheap when, he says, “one drop of Muslim blood” is “sacred to Allah.”Ibrahim Anderson, Twitter post, August 1, 2015, 1:59 a.m., https://twitter.com/abumoieay/status/627403384761524224.

On January 29, 2016, Anderson was found guilty of inviting support for ISIS and was sentenced to three years in prison.“Men jailed for IS promotion outside Topshop in Oxford Street,” BBC News, January 29, 2016, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35439917. On April 7, 2021, Anderson pleaded guilty to 10 counts of disseminating terrorist publications on Facebook and Telegram and to four charges of possession of terrorist publications relating to ISIS.“Luton man admits violent Islamic State social media posts,” BBC News, April 7, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-56664110.

"Ali al-Foutawi” is a Twitter propagandist and suspected recruiter for ISIS. He lists his location as “Sirte, Wilayat Rarablus, IS,” referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya. Foutawi’s Twitter bio has read: “When I’m bored I count toes. Don't trust the media unless it’s IS media. Hijrah advice to IS Libya; Telegram/surespot - alfoutawi Baaqiyah! Bi idhnillah!”Ali Al Foutawi, Twitter, accessed August 18, 2015, https://twitter.com/AliFoutawi_III. He has referenced hijrah as fard (obligatory) for all Muslims:

He has also explicitly threatened Rome by claiming that ISIS has its “eyes” on the Italian city:

Al-Foutawi incites to violence by calling for attacks on kuffar (disbelieving) nations:

CEP suspects that Twitter has repeatedly suspended al-Foutawi’s accounts. On July 20, 2015, al-Foutawi tweeted about his previous Twitter account’s suspension and mocked the “nerds at Twitter Corp”:

Al-Foutawi propagandizes through tweets that mention the “khilaafa” (khilafa, or caliphate, a global Islamic empire) and the “supporters” that it requires:

He is a self-proclaimed poet and has tweeted verses of several of his poems, many of which revolve around hijrah (migration) to the so-called Islamic State. In one of his poems, which he says he wrote before making hijrah, al-Foutawi refers to the 72 virgins promised to a Shaheed (martyr) in paradise. He also refers to “daarul kufr,” (land of kuffar, or nonbelievers):

Al-Foutawi also posts photos of his meals, propagandizing for ISIS by depicting what he refers to as “good life” in ISIS-controlled Libya:

CEP suspects that al-Foutawi may be an active recruiter for foreign fighters hoping to fight alongside ISIS in Libya. Al-Foutawi may communicate with potential recruits via Kik and Telegram, two encrypted messenger services.

Twitter personality “Preeing Mostly” is a proponent of extremist Islam and an avid supporter of the creation of an Islamic caliphate.preeingmostly_, Twitter post, August 16, 2014, 1:23 a.m., https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/500558342507728896. He has displayed contradictory support for ISIS and the Nusra Front, two warring Islamist groups. In August 2014 he tweeted, “Brothers who left their homes feesabillilah [in the cause of Allah] killing each other. It’s time for Dawla [ISIS] and JN [Nusra Front] to unite.”Twitter post, August 16, 2014, 1:23 a.m., https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/500558342507728896.

Preeing uses Twitter as a platform to disseminate information on jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria. He disdains homosexuality but promotes polygamy and beheadings. In August 2014, he called for the beheading of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a critic of Islam. He tweeted, “Ayan ali hirsi is at it again saying Netanyahu deserves a nobel prize. someone should behead this woman.”Twitter post, August 4, 2014, 7:01 a.m., https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/496294838242136065.

Preeing regularly tweets about kuffar, or nonbelievers:

He also derides secular governments in Muslim majority countries:

Preeing harbors anti-Western sentiment, especially toward the U.S.Twitter post, May 3, 2015, 8:00 p.m., https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/595060382772948992.

Preeing criticized the May 2015 “draw Muhammad” cartoon contest held in Garland, Texas, by controversial blogger Pamela Geller. The contest was met with an attack by two Islamist gunmen who were shot and killed on the scene.Catherine Shoichet and Michael Pearson, “Garland, Texas, shooting suspect linked himself to ISIS in tweets,” CNN, May 4, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/us/garland-mohammed-drawing-contest-shooting/. Preeing tweeted just three hours after the attack calling for muwahidin [jihadists] to take more violent action in response to the contest.Twitter post, May 3, 2015, 8:00 p.m., https://twitter.com/preeingmostly_/status/595060382772948992.

CEP suspects that Preeing operates out of ISIS-controlled territory.

Twitter personality “The Cheerful Fighting” supports ISIS and a strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law).The Cheerful Fighting, Twitter, accessed June 2015, https://twitter.com/AntiSahawat1. CEP suspects Twitter has suspended and unsuspended his account, although it is unclear why Twitter would accept an appeal to unsuspend the account. The Cheerful Fighting uses Twitter to propagandize ISIS’s “good deeds.” On the last day of Ramadan in 2015, he tweeted: “Khilafah distributes ‘Eid presents among children in wilayat Al-Khayr,” with a link to a video.

In addition to support for ISIS, he espouses anti-Western sentiment and denounces other religions, as well as other terror groups.

CEP suspects that The Cheerful Fighting operates out of ISIS-controlled territory.

“Abu Samir Almaghrebi” is a Moroccan born ISIS propagandist on Twitter. Now living in the Netherlands, he posts messages such as “Fight the kuffar [nonbelievers],”Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 12:32 p.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626067708048752640. encourages others to take up the cause of jihad, and retweets other pro-ISIS Twitter users. Almaghrebi regularly encourages his followers to join ISIS’s jihad out of a religious obligation. He has praised ISIS as “calm” and “calculating,” and lauded the terror group’s military leadership.Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 12:22 p.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626065166610919424.

Almaghrebi has been suspended from Twitter at least once. He revealed a new account, @F1ollow_the_Haq, on July 28, 2015, by announcing his previous account had been suspended.Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 9:06 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626015755465846784.

Some of Almaghrebi’s tweets have been in search for a “trusted brother in IS,”Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 11:53 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626057907860336641. indicating that he may have contacts within ISIS, but he is not himself a member. Almaghrebi has not said why he is searching for an ISIS “brother,” but it may be related to his calls for his followers to take up ISIS’s cause. He believes those who “stay behind” instead of taking up jihad are “losers.”Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 9:54 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626027838408368128.

Almaghrebi has tweeted about how he has tried to indoctrinate his own brother to ISIS’s ideology and to become a jihadist fighter.Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 12:47 p.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626071544108871680. Several of his posts refer to a religious obligation to join jihadist activities. A July 28, 2015, tweet urges followers to “Fight for the sake of Allah so that He will be pleased with you.”Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 12:37 p.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626069033994076160.

Almaghrebi has not revealed his location. His posts include several anti-Western and specifically anti-U.S. statements, such as references to the “Justice Department of the Kuffar”Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 10:19 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626034332331851776. and laws restricting religious practices.Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter post, July 28, 2015, 10:25 a.m., https://twitter.com/F1ollow_the_Haq/status/626035641751576576. Almaghrebi has said in his profile he posts in Arabic, English, and Dutch.Abu Samir Almaghrebi, Twitter, accessed August 10, 2015, https://twitter.com/FollowThe40HaQ.

The Twitter account “IS FACT” is an ISIS propaganda account dedicated to “correcting” reported news and information online. The account launched June 24, 2015, and has accrued over 2,000 followers. IS FACT’s account’s profile page says it is based in “Unfortunately Daar Al Kufr,” or “land of the non-believers.” The account appears to be maintained by several people. The profile page instructs users to send questions as direct messages to the administrators @iroha_flower80, @shariatuna, and @Halummuu.IS Fact, Twitter page, accessed July 24, 2015, https://twitter.com/FACTOFIS.

Iroha_flower80’s profile page claims she is a 19-year-old girl from Japan who is a “member of @FACTOFISIS.”Iroha, Twitter page, accessed July 24, 2015, https://twitter.com/iroha_flower80. Shariatuna claims to be from Indonesia dedicated to “khilafah [caliphate] upon the prophetic methodology, international relations, @FACTOFIS, loving and hating for the sake of Allah.”Shariatuna, Twitter page, accessed July 24, 2015, https://twitter.com/shariatuna. Halammuu has been suspended. In addition to retweeting @FACTOFISIS, @Iroha_flower80 and @shariatuna both post pro-ISIS propaganda in English on their personal pages. A July 30, 2015, post called Iroha_flower80’s profile a fake and warned about a mirror FactOfISIS account that posted anti-ISIS messages.IS Fact, Twitter post, July 30, 2015, 8:20 a.m., https://twitter.com/FACTOFIS/status/626729150288494592.

As of July 2015, the profile page instructed readers to send questions as direct messages to the administrators @iroha_flower80, @shariatuna, and @Halummuu.IS Fact, Twitter, accessed July 24, 2015, https://twitter.com/FACTOFIS. By August 1, 2015, those instructions had been removed.

Other posts have “revealed” online photos of purported ISIS atrocities as mislabeled photos from other conflicts.

IS FACT has also claimed some pictures of ISIS atrocities are actually mislabeled movie clips.

“Umm Muslim” is an ISIS propagandist who supposedly lives in ISIS-controlled territory. She posts tweets praising “the mujahiideen,” and requests prayers for their safety. She has called for the death of the “enemies” of Muslims.

Muslim has posted several tweets glorifying life under ISIS, including high-resolution photos of herself dressed in a burka at restaurants and grocery stores.

Muslim has also praised agriculture and the economy in the self-proclaimed caliphate.

In one series of tweets showing everyday life under ISIS, Muslim recalled a discussion with her husband in a pizza store about the cartoon Tom & Jerry.Umm Muslim, Twitter, accessed July 24, 2015, https://twitter.com/Seeking4Good243.

Muslim also chastises non-religious Muslims. One series of tweets in early July 2015 criticized pregnant Muslim women, particularly in the West, who do not fast during Ramadan. Healthy pregnant women have no excuse not to fast, she says.Umm Muslim, Twitter post, July 8, 2015, 3:31 p.m., https://twitter.com/Seeking4Good243/status/618910227468013568. She also questions why Muslims continue to live in the West.

Muslim’s tweets appear aimed at presenting a normal life under ISIS to encourage Muslims to move to ISIS territory. In one tweet, she questions why Muslims continue to live in the West.

In addition to tweeting about life under ISIS, Muslim regularly retweets other extremist Twitter users such as Ahmad Jibril and @FACTOFISIS.

Twitter personality “EPIC” is an ISIS propagandist who uses Twitter to laud ISIS’s exploits, disseminate the terror group’s videos,EPIC, Twitter post, July 6, 2015, 11:20 a.m., https://twitter.com/affairs_irhabi/status/618122249745354752. and incite to violence.EPIC, Twitter post, July 11, 2016, 2:33 a.m., https://twitter.com/EPIC785/status/752435642588471296. His tweets have referenced deceased al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) cleric Anwar al-Awlaki,EPIC, Twitter post, August 19, 2015, 11:59 p.m. as well as radical British preacher Anjem Choudary.EPIC, Twitter post, August 29, 2015, 8:37 p.m.

In July 2016, the killing of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani by Indian security forces prompted protests throughout the region.“Kashmir clashes over militant Burhan Wani leave 30 dead,” BBC News, July 11, 2016, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36761527. In response, EPIC tweeted, “Kashmiris should kill the cow worshipers [Hindus]. No need to protest.”EPIC, Twitter post, July 11, 2016, 2:20 a.m., https://twitter.com/EPIC785/status/752432319198179329. He then wrote, “Allah ordered you to fight, not to have peaceful protests.”EPIC, Twitter post, July 11, 2016, 2:33 a.m., https://twitter.com/EPIC785/status/752435642588471296.

EPIC’s Twitter feed is a source of news from ISIS’s area of operations, ranging from Iraq and Syria to Somalia and Libya.EPIC, Twitter, accessed March 22, 2016, https://twitter.com/EPlC24/status/712224203714342913. Following the November 13, 2015, ISIS attacks in Paris that left 130 dead and hundreds wounded,“Paris attacks: What happened on the night,” BBC News, December 9, 2015, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34818994. EPIC tweeted, “The same song will repeat. IS [ISIS] will bring slaughter on kuffar [nonbelievers].”

Two days later, he tweeted in hope of ISIS-held territory in France.

EPIC has also tweeted in support of AQAP’s Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen targeted and killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011. Al-Awlaki’s lectures and propaganda have continued to inspire domestic terror attacks.Peter Bergen, “The American who inspires terror from Paris to the U.S.,” CNN, January 12, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/11/opinion/bergen-american-terrorism-leader-paris-attack/. In August 2015, EPIC tweeted, “Happiness is coming to home [sic] and finding your wife listening to Imam Anwar Al Awlaki.”

In addition to threatening French territory, EPIC has called for ISIS to conquer the Andalusia region of Spain. “Andalusia will soon be ours,” EPIC tweeted in July 2015, referring to reports of ISIS plots to attack British tourists in Spain.EPIC, Twitter post, July 9, 2015, 5:19 a.m., https://twitter.com/EPlCz/status/619118741163343872. During a Twitter interaction with CEP that same month, EPIC expressed surprise that Twitter had not yet deactivated his latest account.CEP, Twitter post, July 9, 2015.

Also in July 2015, during the tenth anniversary of the Srebrencia massacre in Bosnia, EPIC tweeted “Revenge will come when IS [Islamic State] reaches Bosnia.”EPIC, Twitter post, July 10, 2015, 1:24 a.m., https://twitter.com/EPlCz/status/619421992513437696.

Following the January 7, 2015, attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, EPIC tweeted that he was “so happy.”CEP, “ISIS Supporters & Other Extremists Respond to Paris Terror Attack,” Storify, January 2015, https://storify.com/CEP/isis-supporters-respond-to-paris-terror-attack. One subsequent tweet read: “Kill them all. Don’t leave a single soul.”CEP, “ISIS Supporters & Other Extremists Respond to Paris Terror Attack,” Storify, January 2015, https://storify.com/CEP/isis-supporters-respond-to-paris-terror-attack. “Please pray for more casualties of those who insult the prophet,” read another tweet.CEP, “ISIS Supporters & Other Extremists Respond to Paris Terror Attack,” Storify, January 2015, https://storify.com/CEP/isis-supporters-respond-to-paris-terror-attack.

Twitter continues to suspend EPIC’s accounts, but he has managed to resurface under a new username after each suspension.