Abu Dhar Azzam
Rohingya Islamist
About Abu Dhar Azzam
Abu Dhar Azzam was an Uzbek.
Abu Dhar Azzam , also known as Abu Dhar al-Burmi and Abu Dhar al Bakistani , is a Rohingya Islamist cleric and a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).
Biography Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas (FATA). He has been a prominent member of the Turkistan Islamic Party, the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
He was a former spokesperson for the IMU and a former member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Azzam is sympathetic to the Rohingyas and supported them during the 2012 Rakhine State riots. He also congratulated the Tsarnaev brothers for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Who was Abu Dhar Azzam?
Rohingya Islamist
What nationality was Abu Dhar Azzam?
Abu Dhar Azzam was Uzbek.
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