There’s a self-made narrative going around that says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS, was not a Muslim but actually born to Jewish parents and a Mossad-trained operative and actually an actor named Elliot Shimon.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @ShaykhSulaiman tweeted “ISRAEL IS ISIS” and claimed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was an actor named Elliot Shimon, who was born to two Jewish parents and is a Mossad agent. The tweet was made on March 23, 2024, which has received an about 75.2k views on X.
ISRAEL IS ISIS pic.twitter.com/UgMj654avm
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) March 23, 2024
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that these assertions are made up and fraudulent. This is something that Arab conspiracy theorists have long asserted. There are rumours that this connection can be found in NSA documents that Edward Snowden leaked. However, Snowden’s attorney has referred to the report as “a hoax.” Al-Baghdadi’s nisba (onomastic) al-Samarra’i derives from his birthplace in Samarra and Al-Baghdadi was born on July 28, 1971. He was given another nisba al-Badri when he was born into a Sunni Arab family that was a part of the Al-Bu Badri tribe.
We visited The New Statesman, which published an article on September 5, 2014 with the headline “Inside jobs and Israeli stooges: why is the Muslim world in thrall to conspiracy theories?”. The absurd assertion that Edward Snowden’s revelation of NSA documents proves the US and Israel are responsible for al-Baghdadi’s conduct has gained widespread attention. But, The investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald, who helped break the NSA scandal, told, “It’s utter BS.” “No [NSA] document suggests that Snowden said anything like that.” Ben Wizner, Snowden’s lawyer, has labelled the narrative as a hoax. For more clarification, we also visited BBC, whic posted an article with the heading “Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?” on October 28, 2019. Here, we find the detailed information of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. His real name is Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim al-Badri and was born in 1971 in the central Iraqi city of Samarra. His Sunni Arab family was pious and claimed to be derived from the Quraysh tribe of the Prophet Muhammad. This was considered by pre-modern Sunni scholars to be a necessary condition for becoming a caliph. Relatives nicknamed him “the believer” when he was a youngster because of the time he spent learning how to read the Koran at the neighbourhood mosque and because he would frequently punish people who disobeyed Sharia, or Islamic law. He moved to the capital, Baghdad after finishing his school in the early 1990s.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Fake
FACT: A self-invented story is being circulated claiming that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not a Muslim but an actor named Elliot Shimon, a Mossad-trained operative & was born to Jewish parents.Fact is that these claims are fake and fabricated. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/98pwLJiiXU
Intent:
Extremists, terror sympathizers & fake news peddlers are circulating self-invented stories to defend terrorists. A self-invented story is being circulated claiming that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not a Muslim but an actor named Elliot Shimon, a Mossad-trained operative & was born to Jewish parents.It is a fact that these statements are made up and fraudulent. This is an allegation long made by conspiracy theorists in the Arab world. This connection is allegedly revealed in NSA documents that Edward Snowden disclosed. Nevertheless, Snowden’s lawyer referred to the report as “a hoax.” Al-Baghdadi was born on 28 July 1971 in Samarra, hence his nisba (onomastic) al-Samarra’i. He was born to a Sunni Arab family that belonged to the tribe of Al-Bu Badri, giving him another nisba al-Badri.
Conclusion:
Claim : There’s a self-made narrative going around that says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS, was actually born to Jewish parents and trained by Mossad and is actually an actor named Elliot Shimon.
Fact : Rumors claim that NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal this connection. But Snowden’s lawyer has called the story “a hoax.” Al-Baghdadi was born on 28 July 1971 in Samarra, hence his nisba (onomastic) al-Samarra’i. He was born to a Sunni Arab family that belonged to the tribe of Al-Bu Badri, giving him another nisba al-Badri.
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