who was islamic state leader abu bakr al-baghdadi?

Al-Baghdadi was born Ibrahim Awad al-Samarrai in 1971 in Tobchi, a poor area near the town of Samarra, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, whose name he took. . His family included preachers from the ultra-conservative Salafi school of Sunni Islam, which sees many other branches of the faith..

islamic state's baghdadi: a trail of horror and death

Baghdadi was born Ibrahim Awad al-Samarrai in 1971 in Tobchi, a poor area near the town of Samarra, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, whose name he took. . His family includes preachers from the ultra-conservative Salafi school of Sunni Islam, which sees many other branches of the faith..

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