Umm Usamah

Twitter personality “Umm Usamah” is a propagandist for ISIS. Usamah claims to have migrated first to Raqqa, Syria, and then to Mosul, Iraq.Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 12, 2014, 7:34 p.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/521489116803125248. Usamah uses Twitter to highlight what she perceives to be the high quality of life in the self-proclaimed Islamic State. She also uses the platform to rally her Muslim “brothers and sisters” around the world to take the journey themselves.Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 8, 2014, 5:05 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/519820985143664640. In October 2014, Usamah proclaimed her arrival in “Dar al-Islam” where she now lives “under the shade of the Sharia.”Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 8, 2014, 5:05 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/519820985143664640.

Usamah regularly encourages Twitter followers to perform hijrah (migration), a term used by jihadists to encourage foreigners to join the “caliphate.”Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 12, 2014, 11:35 p.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/521549666086035456. On January 3, 2015, Usamah claimed to stop using Twitter and has not made a post since.Umm Usamah, Twitter post, January 3, 2015, 11:50 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/551465551252713472. In the same tweet, Usamah suggested that her “sisters” interested in “hijrah” message her on the instant-messaging platform Kik.Umm Usamah, Twitter post, January 3, 2015, 11:50 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/551465551252713472.

Extremist entity
ISIS
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Type(s) of Organization:
Insurgent, territory-controlling, religious, terrorist, violent
Ideologies and Affiliations:
Islamist, jihadist, pan-Islamist, Salafist, takfiri
Position(s):
Propagandist

ISIS is a violent jihadist group based in Iraq and Syria. The group has declared wilayas (provinces) in Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the North Caucasus. ISIS has also waged attacks in Turkey, Lebanon, France, Belgium, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tunisia, and Kuwait.

  • Rhetoric

Nov. 23, 2014

“Never expected beautiful sights like this in Iraq. A country that knew only War for so many years.” [Pictured: Mosul Grand Mosque.]Umm Usamah, Twitter post, November 23, 2014, 3:47 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/536486218708840448.

Oct. 12, 2014

“How many have been speaking about their desire for Hijrah for months but are still sitting idle in Dar alKufr? Act, don’t speak!”Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 12, 2014, 11:35 p.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/521549666086035456.

Oct. 12, 2014

“The only regret I have is not making Hijrah to the Islamic State earlier.”Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 12, 2014, 11:35 p.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/521549666086035456.

Oct. 8, 2014

“Rush to the Islamic State while you can, the window of opportunity may be closing.”Umm Usamah, Twitter post, October 8, 2014, 9:12 a.m., https://twitter.com/ummmuawiyahh/status/519882937001848832.

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