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By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem  – For The Islamist Gate – As I had expected in November 2013[http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/11/al-qaeda-zawahri-baghdadi-split.html], The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL) has announced [on June, 30] the establishment of the Islamic Caliphate, and has named its emir, Abu Bakr Ibrahim Al-Baghdadi, as “emir of the believers” and …

THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE – By Catherine Shakdam – The most infamous Islamic radical of our time, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the very man who self-proclaimed his inception as Caliph of the Islamic State, remains somewhat of a shadowy figure, his past clouded in darkness. Very little is actually known of …