Islamic Jihad Union
| Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) | |
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| Participant in Terrorism in Uzbekistan, War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and (2015–present) | |
Flag of Jihad
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| Active | 2002–present |
| Ideology | Pan-Islamism |
| Leaders |
Akhtar Mansoor † Najmiddin Jalolov † Abu Omar al-Turkistani † |
| Headquarters | North Waziristan |
| Originated as | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan |
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| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars |
Global War on Terrorism |
Global War on Terrorism
War in Afghanistan (2001–14) and (2015–present)
The Islamic Jihad Union (IJU; Arabic: اتحاد الجهاد الإسلامي, translit. Ittiḥad al-Jihad al-Islāmī) is a militant Islamist organization founded in 2002 as a splinter group of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Headquartered in North Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan, the group has been affiliated with both al-Qaida and the Taliban.
Under its original name Islamic Jihad Group (IJG; Arabic: Jama’at al-Jihad al-Islāmī), the group conducted several attacks in Uzbekistan. In 2007, a large-scale bomb plot in Germany, known as the "Sauerland terror cell", was discovered by German security authorities. In the following years, the group focused on fighting Pakistani forces in the tribal areas, and NATO and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.
Recruits are mainly Turks both from Turkey and from Turkish communities in Western Europe, but also European converts to Islam, particularly in German-speaking countries.
The IJG was founded in March 2002 as a splinter group from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), after the movement was effectively tied between those who aimed to join the Global Jihad, and those who wanted to keep pressure and focus on Uzbekistan. Under its initial name Islamic Jihad Group, the new group settled in North Waziristan and took headquarters in Mir Ali.
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