He had never lived in Iraq and did not speak Arabic, according to Bajoka. . ..…

Before the Christian era, the dominant language of the Middle East was Aramaic, a Semitic language related to Hebrew and Arabic. The lingua franca of vast swathes of present-day Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq, Aramaic was spoken by Jesus himself in first-century Galilee and Judea. ..…

Arabic-language Baghdad al-Youm news website affiliated to ISIL quoted Fazel Abu Raqif, Iraqi expert, one of Bouka prison near the town of Um al-Qasr Iraq, and Mufti of al-Qaeda, was adopted as al- Baghdadi's successor.. Al- Baghdadi together with number of his Arab and foreign aides are..…