Back أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي Arabic ابو الحسين الحسينى القرشى ARZ Абу аль-Хусейн аль-Хусейні аль-Курашы Byelorussian ئەبوو حوسێن حوسێنی قوڕەشی CKB Abū l-Husain al-Husainī al-Quraschī German Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi Spanish ابوالحسین حسینی قرشی Persian Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi Finnish Abou al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qourachi French אבו אל-חוסיין אל-חוסייני אל-קורשי HE
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi | |
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أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي | |
 Calligraphic representation of Abu Al-Hussein Al-Husseini in a video of Islamic State media. | |
| 4th Caliph of the Islamic State | |
| In office 30 November 2022 – 29 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi |
| Succeeded by | Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown date |
| Died | 29 April 2023 Idlib Governorate, Syria |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | |
| Battles / wars | War on Terror |
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (Arabic: أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي, romanized: Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Husaynī al-Qurashī; died 29 April 2023) was the fourth caliph[a] of the Islamic State and allegedly the first Syrian to serve as caliph.[6] He took office on 30 November 2022.
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auto2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "ISIS Spokesman Declares Caliphate, Rebrands Group as Islamic State". Jihadist News. SITE Intelligence Group. 29 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated: "[The] declaration issued by the Islamic State is void under sharia and has dangerous consequences for the Sunnis in Iraq and for the revolt in Syria", adding that the title of caliph can "only be given by the entire Muslim nation", not by a single group. Strange, Hannah (5 July 2014). "Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addresses Muslims in Mosul". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Bunzel, Cole (27 November 2019). "Caliph Incognito: The Ridicule of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi". www.jihadica.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Hamid, Shadi (1 November 2016). "What a caliphate really is—and how the Islamic State is not one". Brookings. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ [g] A July 2023 report by the U.N. Monitoring Team tracking the global jihadi threat stated the following: “On 30 April, Türkiye reported killing ISIL leader, Abu al-Husain al-Husaini al-Qurashi, in Afrin, subsequently identifying him as a Syrian-born individual, holding the alias of Abdul-Latif. https://ctc.westpoint.edu/caliphs-of-the-shadows-the-islamic-states-leaders-post-mawla
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