Published July 29, 2026 | Version v1

(Ahl al-Sunnah Group for Preaching and Jihad)جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Umaru Musa 'Yar-Adua University Katsina, Nigeria

Contributors

  • 1. Cornell University

Description

Ahl al-Sunnah Group for Preaching and Jihad is a sect or religious group that emerged on the ambition of the leader (Muhammad Yusuf) to establish justice and Islamic Shari'ah in the Nigerian administrative trend, which made the group to stand against anybody not agreeing with their ideologies. The movement took arms to fight those against their principles, which compelled the Nigerian government to win a war against them, which led to the killing of the founder of the organization. The fight extends to the innocent persons who were killed by the fighters in most parts of the North-Eastern Nigeria. The group faced a lot of problems as a result of the administration crises, which split the group into factions that took arms against each other, which led to the death of many among members. The organization was classified among the terrorist groups that created links to the deadliest groups of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that terrorized the world.

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Ahl_al-Sunnah_Group_for_Preaching_and_Jihadجماعة_أهل_السنة_للدعوة_والجهاد.pdf

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