“It is the birth of a group that includes Mujahideen and even Muslims in North Africa from the country of the Nile and the Atlantic.”Kissima Diagana and John Irish, “Sahara jihadist groups merge, threaten French interests – report,” Reuters, August 22, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/22/northafrica-islamists-idUSL6N0GN2OQ20130822.

“Our goal is to establish an Islamic state that doesn’t recognize borders, on the Prophetic methodology.”Graeme Wood, “What ISIS Really Wants,” Atlantic, March 2015, http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/.

“For us, the infidels are those who cooperate with the West to fight Islam.” “Meeting al-Qaeda in Syria,” Al Jazeera, July 9, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/middleeast/2013/07/80596.html.

“The Islamic Awakening caused the regional states to rise, the US to collapse and the leaders of the Islamic states to gain victory.”“Quds Force Commander: US Experiencing Collapse in All Arenas,” Fars News Agency, December 22, 2013, http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921001000776.

“From the land of Afghanistan, a caravan is heading toward India. Not on someone's directive. Not on the basis of some governmental policy. But simply on the basis of abiding by God’s command.”Asim Tanveer and Maria Golovnina, “Al Qaeda’s shadowy new ‘emir’ in South Asia handed tough job,” Reuters, September 9 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/09/us-southasia-alqaeda-insight-idUSKBN0H42DN20140909.

“In conclusion I also say the Ummah should be prepared for the betrayals of the enemy and not believe the promises that we hear from the Kuffar and their agents, and take lessons from the previous experiments, do not be stung from the same hole several times, Allah Almighty says: (He gives them promises and excites vain desires in them; and the Shaitan does not promise them but to deceive) 120 Surah An-Nisa, and know that the country is occupied and divided, Ethiopia rules you and Kenya and Uganda, and the people whom you deal with their images and names but their beliefs and customs are imported from the invading Kuffar.” (Audio message regarding the Federal Government of Somalia) "Message from the Amiir of Al-Shabaab, Sheikh Mukhtar Abu Al-Zubeyr, regarding the Second London Conference and the Situation of the Somali Government." Bilao Journal of Somali Security Studies, May 14, 2013, http://somalisecuritystudies.blogspot.com/2013/05/message-from-amiir-of-al-shabaab-sheikh.html.

“O lions of god in all the earth Call out Allah Akbar, for victory and conquest is ours. Rejoice, for the glorious caliphate is near. Our sharia [law] will reign over every corner [or inch of land].”Thomas Joscelyn, “Social Media Jihad: Cheerleading Al Qaeda’s New ‘Islamic State,’” Long War Journal, April 9, 2013, http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/04/social_media_jihad_cheerleadin.php.

“The two-decade war has not laid down its burden, rather it is at its peak. The war between you [America] and us has not ceased, we suffer hardships and you suffer too, we are killed as you are killed but we have a hope from Allah (for the reward, i.e. Paradise) that for which you hope not…”Qasim Al-Raymi, “Message to the American Nation,” Inspire, 11 (2013): 8-9.

“[I]t is an obligation upon every Muslim to fight in the Way of Allah as per his capability. Whoever is able to join the mujahideen he should join their ranks, if not, he should look around for a head of kufr (disbeliever) by which targeting it will restrain the evil might of those who disbelieve.”Ibrahim al-Rubaish, “Allah Will Restrain the Evil Might of Those Who Disbelieve,” Inspire Issue 11 (2013): 15.

“Asaib Ahl al-Haq was founded as an Islamic resistance movement to fight the American occupation, but now this stage is over. Now we have entered a new phase, which is to make people aware of Asaib Ahl al-Haq.”Liz Sly, “Iranian-backed militant group in Iraq is recasting itself as a political player,” Washington Post, February 18, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iranian-backed-militant-group-in-iraq-is-recasting-itself-as-a-political-player/2013/02/18/b0154204-77bb-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html.