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[[File:250px-Mujahideen_Shura_Council_Iraq_logo.jpg|thumb|219px]]The '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' is the name of several different umbrella organizations for a number of [[Jihad]] groups. As of 2019, all the organizations except one are defunct. | [[File:250px-Mujahideen_Shura_Council_Iraq_logo.jpg|thumb|219px]]The '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' is the name of several different umbrella organizations for a number of [[Jihad]] groups. As of 2019, all the organizations except one are defunct. | ||
It is not clear if all the groups were connected or just simply had the same name. | It is not clear if all the groups were connected or just simply had the same name. | ||
==Iraq== | ==Iraq== | ||
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==Syria== | ==Syria== | ||
The '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية ''Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah'', meaning "Shura Council of the Mujahideen of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym '''Mishmish'''), was a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in Deir ez-Zor which formed in order to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014 | The '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' (Arabic: مجلس شورى مجاهدي الشرقية ''Majlis Shūrā Mujāhidīn ash-Sharqīyah'', meaning "Shura Council of the Mujahideen of the Eastern Area", also known by the Arabic acronym '''Mishmish'''), was a coalition of Islamist rebel groups in Deir ez-Zor which formed in order to fight the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) during the Syrian Civil War. The leader of the coalition was killed by ISIL around 12 June 2014 | ||
==Afghanistan== | ==Afghanistan== | ||
Operating chiefly in Waziristan and the FATA, the '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' was a “10-member committee of tribal elders, clerics and administration officials” set up to negotiate processes between the Pakistani government and Taliban forces. | Operating chiefly in Waziristan and the FATA, the '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' was a “10-member committee of tribal elders, clerics and administration officials” set up to negotiate processes between the Pakistani government and Taliban forces. | ||
It was founded in June 2003, following an audiotape released by Mullah Omar granting the leadership legitimacy. | It was founded in June 2003, following an audiotape released by Mullah [[Mohammed Omar]] granting the leadership legitimacy. | ||
==Egypt snd Gaza== | ==Egypt snd Gaza== | ||
The '''Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem''' or simply the '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' (also known as the '''Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem''') is an armed Salafi jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda that is active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and in the Gaza Strip. The group was formed in 2011 or 2012 by Salafist Islamist Hisham Al-Saedni (also known as Abu al Walid al Maqdisi) to coordinate the activities of the Salafi jihadist groups operating in Gaza even before the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and has carried out attacks against civilians in Israel. The group describes violence against Jews as a religious obligation that brings its perpetrators closer to God. Al-Saedni, who was the leader of the group and also of Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 14 October 2012. The group is subordinated with Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula as of August 2012. | The '''Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem''' or simply the '''Mujahideen Shura Council''' (also known as the '''Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem''') is an armed Salafi jihadist group linked to [[al-Qaeda]] that is active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and in the Gaza Strip. The group was formed in 2011 or 2012 by Salafist Islamist Hisham Al-Saedni (also known as Abu al Walid al Maqdisi) to coordinate the activities of the Salafi jihadist groups operating in Gaza even before the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and has carried out attacks against civilians in Israel. The group describes violence against Jews as a religious obligation that brings its perpetrators closer to God. Al-Saedni, who was the leader of the group and also of Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 14 October 2012. The group is subordinated with Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula as of August 2012. | ||
[[Category:Organizations]] | [[Category:Organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Terrorists]] | [[Category:Terrorists]] |