Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir

Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir
أبو الحسن المهاجر
Born
Thaher Salim Mohammad Al-Shahiri

1977 (1977)
Died27 October 2019(2019-10-27) (aged 41–42)
Cause of deathAir strike
NationalitySaudi Arabian
OccupationOfficial spokesman of the Islamic State
PredecessorAbu Muhammad al-Adnani
SuccessorAbu Hamza Al-Qurashi
Movement Islamic State
Criminal charge(s)Designated a terrorist by the United Nations Security Council and the US State Department

Thaher Salim Mohammad Al-Shahiri (Arabic: ظاهر سليم محمد الشاهري)[1] known by his nom de guerre Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir (Arabic: أبو الحسن المهاجر; died 27 October 2019)[2] was the kunya used by the second official spokesman of the Islamic State from 5 December 2016 until 27 October 2019, when he was killed in a U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria. He was a Saudi national.[3] He was replaced by Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi.

  1. ^ مقابلة خاصة مع زوجة زعيم تنظيم داعش أبو بكر البغدادي (in Arabic), Al-Arabiya TV Channel, 15 February 2024, retrieved 15 February 2024
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "IS confirms Baghdadi death and names new leader". BBC News. 31 October 2019.

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