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{{Short description|Former official spokesman for Islamic State (1977–2016)}}
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| caption            = Photo featured in [[Islamic State|IS]] propaganda, also used by [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]], January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/Latest-Multimedia-from-Islamic-State-of-Iraq-ISI/site-intel-group-1-25-12-isi-adnani-audio-time-fighting.html |title=ISI Spokesman Declares Victory Over US, Sets Sights on Iraqi Government &#124; Latest Multimedia from Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) |date=8 February 2012 |publisher=Ent.siteintelgroup.com |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref name="rewardsforjustice.net"/>
| native_name        = أبو محمد العدناني
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| birth_name         = Taha Sobhi Falaha
| birth_date         = {{Birth year|1977}}<ref name="rewardsforjustice.net"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140818.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104010545/https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20140818.aspx|archive-date = 2016-11-04|title = OFAC Recent Actions}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Binnish]], [[Idlib Governorate]], [[Syria]]
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| death_place        = Near [[al-Bab]], [[Aleppo Governorate]], [[Syria]]
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| occupation         = Official [[Spokesperson|spokesman]] of the [[Islamic State]]
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| successor          = [[Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir]]
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| criminal_charge    =  Designated a terrorist by the [[United Nations Security Council]] and the [[United States Department of State|US State Department]]<ref name=un>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sc11521.doc.htm|title=United Nations Security Council Adds Names of Six Individuals to Al-Qaida Sanctions List|date=15 August 2014|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="state">{{cite web|title=Terrorist Designation of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230676.htm|publisher=US State Department|date=18 August 2014|access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>
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'''Taha Sobhi Falaha''' ({{langx|ar|طٰهٰ صُبْحِيِّ فَلَاحَةٍ|Ṭāhā Ṣobḥī Falāḥa}}; 1977 – 30 August 2016), better known by his ''[[nom de guerre]]'' '''Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami''' ({{langx|ar|أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ٱلْعَدْنَانِيُّ ٱلشَّامِيُّ|ʾAbū Muḥammad al-ʿAdnānī aš-Šāmī|lit=Father of Muhammad, the [[Adnanites|Adnanite]] [[Levant|Levantine]]}}), was a Syrian militant leader who was the official [[spokesperson]] and a senior leader of the [[Islamic State]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-urges-more-attacks-on-western-disbelievers-9749512.html|title=Isis urges more attacks on Western 'disbelievers'|work=The Independent|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=al-akhbar1>{{cite web|title=Adnani opens fire on everyone|date=8 March 2014|access-date=30 September 2014|url=http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/202198|work=Al-Akhbar}}</ref> He was described as the chief of its external operations. He was the second most senior leader of the Islamic State after its leader [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]].<ref name=un/> Media reports in August 2016 suggested he was in charge of a special unit, known as the ''[[Emni]]'', that was established by IS in 2014 with the double objective of internal policing and executing operations outside IS territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20160804-islamic-state-group-emni-group-exporting-terror-world-europe|title=IS group unit known as 'Emni' aims to export terror around the world - France 24|date=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=network>{{cite web|title=How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers|date=3 August 2016|access-date=7 August 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/world/middleeast/isis-german-recruit-interview.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
On 5 May 2015, the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] [[Rewards for Justice Program]] announced a reward up to US$5{{nbs}}million for information leading to his capture.<ref name="rewardsforjustice.net">{{cite web|url=https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/abu_al_adnani.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518174519/https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/abu_al_adnani.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-05-18 |title=Wanted |publisher=Rewards for Justice |date=2014-08-18 |access-date=2015-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/05/241912.htm |title=Rewards for Justice Reward Offers for Information on Islamic State – of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Terrorists |publisher=State.gov |access-date=2015-08-25 }}</ref>
On 30 August 2016, the Islamic State announced al-Adnani had been killed in [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo Province]]. A number of fighting forces claimed responsibility for al-Adnani's death. On 12 September 2016, the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] announced that a U.S. coalition airstrike had killed al-Adnani,<ref name="DoD">[http://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/941787/pentagon-confirms-US-strike-in-Syria-killed-isil-leader Pentagon Confirms US Strike in Syria Killed ISIL Leader] 12 September 2016</ref> even though the [[Russia|Russian Federation]] had already claimed that Adnani had been killed in a Russian airstrike involving an [[Sukhoi Su-34|Su-34]] bomber.<ref name=reutkilled>{{cite web|title=Russia says it killed Islamic State leader Adnani in Syria|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-islamicstate-idUSKCN1161GZ?il=0|work=Reuters|date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=riakilled>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/syria/20160831/1475720200.html|title=Российский Су-34 уничтожил в Сирии второе лицо в ИГ|work=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=31 August 2016}}</ref>
==Early life==
Al-Adnani was born in 1977 in the town of [[Binnish]] in the countryside of [[Idlib Governorate]], northwestern [[Syria]].<ref name=al-akhbar1/><ref name=al-akhbaren>{{cite web|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/18940|title=Syria: Jihadist factions close to civil war|work=Al Akhbar English|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911043945/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/18940|archive-date=11 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a biography published by IS cleric [[Turki al-Binali]] after Adnani's death, he "grew up with the love of mosques ... [and] [[hafiz (Quran)|memorized the Quran]] as a young man."<ref>Charles R. Lister, ''The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency'', Oxford University Press (2016), p. 147</ref>
==Al-Qaeda in Iraq==
According to a biography penned by [[Turki al-Binali]], Adnani became involved in Islamic militancy in the year 2000 and he was later recruited by [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] in 2002. His primary teacher was [[Abu Anas al-Shami]], a senior leader in [[Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad]]. He swore allegiance to [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] along with thirty-five others while in [[Syria]], with a plan to fight the government of [[Bashar al-Assad]]. However, the Americans invaded Iraq, and Adnani became one of the first foreign fighters to [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)|oppose]] [[Multi-National Force – Iraq|Coalition forces]] in Iraq.
He was summoned for questioning repeatedly by the [[General Intelligence Directorate (Syria)|Syrian General Intelligence Directorate]] and was arrested three times. One of the times he was arrested was when he was passing through [[al-Bukamal]] on his way to [[Iraq]] for the first time. He spent months in jail and was finally freed after he refused to divulge information, despite being tortured. Al-Adnani, alongside [[Abu Hamza al-Muhajir]], was one of the last to evacuate the city of [[Fallujah]] after the [[Second Battle of Fallujah]] in 2004.<ref name="state"/>
===May 2005 arrest===
In May 2005 Al-Adnani was arrested by Coalition forces in [[Al Anbar Governorate]] in Iraq under a fake name "Yasser Khalaf Hussein Nazal al-Rawi", and was released in 2010.<ref name=al-akhbaren/><ref name=nst>{{cite web|url=http://www2.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/wanted-leader-of-al-qaeda-linked-group-held-in-iraq-1.450059|title=Wanted leader of Al-Qaeda-linked group held in Iraq|work=New Straits Times|access-date=1 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130541/http://www2.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/wanted-leader-of-al-qaeda-linked-group-held-in-iraq-1.450059|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref> In December 2012, an Iraqi intelligence official said he was using a number of aliases including "Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, Taha al-Banshi, Jaber Taha Falah, Abu Baker al-Khatab and Abu Sadek al-Rawi."<ref name=al-akhbaren/>
==Islamic State==
Al-Adnani was highly respected by his fellow fighters throughout his time in the Iraq insurgency, with [[Islamic State of Iraq|ISI]] leader [[Abu Omar al-Baghdadi]] saying about him, "It will be for this man the whole affair (of jihad)". [[Abu Musab al-Zarqawi]] trusted him so much that he allowed him to make executive decisions independently, saying "Do not consult me on matters, just brief me." He was also the teacher of [[Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi]], the [[Islamic State of Iraq]] "governor" for Baghdad province. He was highly respected by [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]] the leader of the [[Islamic State]] and he was considered by many sources to be second-in-command to Baghdadi.
According to Harry Sarfo, a former German member of the group. "The big man behind everything is Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. ... He is the head of the Emni, and he is the head of the special forces as well. ... Everything goes back to him."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/world/middleeast/isis-german-recruit-interview.html|title=How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers|date=4 August 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
On 18 August 2014, the [[United States Department of State|US State Department]] listed al-Adnani as a [[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]].<ref name="state"/> On 15 August 2014, he was sanctioned by the [[United Nations Security Council]].<ref name=un/>
According to a former ISIS militant and a former Yazidi slave, al-Adnani personally participated in the burning death of Jordanian pilot [[Muath Al-Kasasbeh|Muath al-Kasasbeh]] in 2015, and directed ISIS media crews to produce videos of killings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/television-and-radio/2017/02/11/Former-ISIS-militant-reveals-details-on-filming-of-Jordanian-pilot-s-execution.html|title=Ex-ISIS member: How Jordanian pilot was executed|date=11 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.memri.org/tv/people-behind-isis-media-system-speak-al-arabiya-tv-documentary/transcript |title=The People Behind ISIS Media System Speak in an Al-Arabiya TV Documentary &#124; MEMRI |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001600/https://www.memri.org/tv/people-behind-isis-media-system-speak-al-arabiya-tv-documentary/transcript |archive-date=2018-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/against-all-odds-yazidi-girl-outlives-her-top-ranking-islamic-state-captors | title=Against all odds, Yazidi girl outlives her top-ranking Islamic State captors - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East | date=2 March 2022 }}</ref>
On 4 January 2016, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani was reportedly injured by an Iraqi airstrike on [[Barwanah|Barwana]], near [[Haditha]], Iraq and was moved to Mosul for recovery.<ref name="al-Adani injured">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-adnani-idUSKBN0UL2E220160107|title=Iraq military says ISIS spokesman Adnani wounded: state TV|date=7 January 2016|publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="al-Adani wounded2">[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/01/08/ISIS-spokesman-Adnani-wounded-in-Iraqi-airstrike.html ISIS spokesman Adnani ‘wounded’ in Iraqi airstrike]</ref>
==Speeches==
===List of speeches===
*"Now Now the Fighting Comes" (January 25, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2012/01/25/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-now-now-the-fighting-comes/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "Now Now the Fighting Comes"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=25 January 2012}}</ref>
*"Iraq, Iraq Oh Ahl al-Sunnah" (February 24, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2012/02/24/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-iraq-iraq-oh-ahl-al-sunnah/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "Iraq, Iraq Oh Ahl al-Sunnah"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
*"The State of Islam Will Remain Safe" (March 4, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2012/03/04/an%e1%b9%a3ar-al-mujahidin-english-forum-presents-an-english-translation-of-al-furqan-medias-video-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-the-islamic-st/|title=Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum presents an English translation of al-Furqān Media's video message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "The State of Islam Will Remain Safe"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=4 March 2012}}</ref>
*"I Exhort You to One Thing Only" (May 21, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2012/05/21/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-i-exhort-you-to-one-thing-only/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "I Exhort You to One Thing Only"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=21 May 2012}}</ref>
*"The Incursions Are Deadlier" (November 1, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2012/11/01/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-the-incursions-are-deadlier/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "The Incursions Are Deadlier"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=1 November 2012}}</ref>
*"The Seven Facts" (January 30, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/01/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraqs-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-the-seven-facts/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "The Seven Facts"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=31 January 2013}}</ref>
*"So Fight Them, Verily They Are Polytheists" (June 15, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/06/15/new-audio-visual-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-so-fight-them-verily-they-are-polytheists/|title=New audio-visual message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "So Fight Them, Verily They Are Polytheists"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
*"Ignore Them and Their False Allegations" (June 20, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/06/20/new-audio-visual-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-ignore-them-and-their-false-allegations/|title=New audio-visual message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Ignore Them and Their False Allegations"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=20 June 2013}}</ref>
*"They Will Not Harm You Except For [Some] Annoyance" (July 30, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/07/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-they-will-not-harm-you-except-for-some-annoyance/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "They Will Not Harm You Except For [Some] Annoyance"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=30 July 2013}}</ref>
*"Peaceful Is Whose Religion?" (30 August 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/08/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-who-is-the-peaceful-religion/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "'Peaceful' Is Whose Religion?"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=30 August 2013}}</ref>
*"May God Be With You, Oh the Oppressed State" (30 September 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2013/09/30/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-for-you-god-oh-the-oppressed-state/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "May God Be With You, Oh the Oppressed State"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=30 September 2013}}</ref>
*"The Scout Doesn't Lie To His People" (January 7, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/01/07/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-the-leader-doesnt-say-his-people-are-lying/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī: "The Scout Doesn't Lie To His People"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=8 January 2014}}</ref>
*"Then We Pray For God's Curse to Be On the Liars" (March 7, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/03/07/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-then-we-pray-for-gods-curse-to-be-on-the-liars/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Then We Pray For God's Curse to Be On the Liars"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=7 March 2014}}</ref>
*"He Will Surely Establish For Them [Therein] Their Religion Which He Has Preferred For Them" (April 3, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/04/03/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-he-will-surely-establish-for-them-therein/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "He Will Surely Establish For Them [Therein] Their Religion Which He Has Preferred For Them"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=3 April 2014}}</ref>
*"This is Not Our Manhaj, Nor Will It Ever Be" (April 17, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/04/17/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-this-is-not-our-manhaj-nor-will-it-ever-be/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "This is Not Our Manhaj, Nor Will It Ever Be"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=17 April 2014}}</ref>
*"Apologies, Emir of Al-Qaeda" (May 11, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/05/11/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-sorry-amir-of-al-qaidah/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Sorry Amīr of al-Qā'idah"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=11 May 2014}}</ref>
*"What Comes to You of Good Is From Allah" (June 12, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/06/11/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-shams-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-the-good-that-has-happened-to-you-is-from-g/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "The Good That Has Happened To You Is From God"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
*"This Is the Promise of Allah" (June 29, 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2014/06/29/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-this-is-the-promise-of-god/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "This Is the Promise Of God"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=29 June 2014}}</ref>
*"Indeed, Your Lord Is Ever Watchful" (22 September 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/09/islamic_state_spokesman_again.php|title=Islamic State spokesman again threatens West in new speech - The Long War Journal|date=21 September 2014}}</ref>
*"Say Die in Your Rage" (26 January 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2015/01/26/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-say-die-in-your-rage/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Say, 'Die In Your Rage'"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
*"So They Kill and Are Killed" (12 March 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2015/03/12/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-so-they-kill-and-are-killed/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "So They Kill and Are Killed"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=13 March 2015}}</ref>
*"O Our People Respond to the Caller of Allah" (23 June 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2015/06/23/al-furqan-media-presents-a-new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-oh-our-people-respond-to-the-messenger-of-god/|title=al-Furqān Media presents a new audio message from the Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Oh Our People, Respond to the Messenger of God"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=24 June 2015}}</ref>
*"Say to Those Who Disbelieve You Will Be Overcome" (October 15, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2015/10/13/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-say-to-those-who-disbelieve/|title=New audio message from The Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "Say To Those Who Disbelieve"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=13 October 2015}}</ref>
*"And Those Who Lived [In Faith] Would Live Upon Evidence" (21 May 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jihadology.net/2016/05/21/new-audio-message-from-the-islamic-states-shaykh-abu-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-al-adnani-al-shami-and-those-who-lived-in-faith-would-live-upon-evidence/|title=New audio message from The Islamic State's Shaykh Abū Muḥammad al 'Adnānī al-Shāmī: "And Those Who Lived [In Faith] Would Live Upon Evidence"|first=Aaron Y.|last=Zelin|date=21 May 2016}}</ref>
As spokesman of the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]], Adnani made a considerable number of speeches. His rhetorical style received attention. Abu al-Waleed al-Salafi, a researcher, comments, "I have analysed the speeches of [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi|Baghdadi]] and Adnani psychologically more than once, and I found a result: that Adnani's speech seeks to inspire zeal in the soul, while Baghdadi's speech seeks to inspire calm."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aymennjawad.org/2016/01/an-account-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-islamic-state|title=An Account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi & Islamic State Succession Lines|first=Aymenn Jawad|last=Al-Tamimi|date=24 January 2016 }}</ref> Adnani's vitriolic speaking style established his reputation as the 'attack dog' of the Islamic State, especially for his denunciations of [[al-Qaeda]].
==='Indeed, Your Lord Is Ever Watchful' speech===
On 22 September 2014, al-Adnani gave a lengthy speech entitled "Indeed, Your Lord Is Ever Watchful", which was significant because it was the first official instruction by the Islamic State for its supporters to kill [[Kafir|non-Muslims]] in Western countries. This speech has been credited with inspiring a wave of [[Islamic terrorism in Europe]].
Among other things, Al-Adnani said:
<blockquote>If you can kill a disbelieving American or European - especially the spiteful and filthy French - or an Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it may be.</blockquote>
and later on:
<blockquote>If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him.<ref name=cbc-2014-09-21>{{cite news|date=21 September 2014|publisher=CBC News|title=ISIS audio urges Muslims everywhere to kill 'unbelievers'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-audio-urges-muslims-everywhere-to-kill-unbelievers-1.2773636|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite news |last=Bayoumy |first=Yara|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-urges-more-attacks-on-western-disbelievers-9749512.html|title=Isis urges more attacks on Western 'disbelievers' |agency=[[The Independent]]|date=20 September 2014|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref></blockquote>
==Death==
On 30 August 2016, the Islamic State announced that Adnani had been killed in Aleppo Province.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/world/middleeast/al-adnani-islamic-state-isis-syria.html |title=Senior ISIS Strategist and Spokesman Is Reported Killed in Syria |work=The New York Times |last1=Schmitt |first1=Eric |last2=Barnard |first2=Anne |date=August 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Reuters-US-kill>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamic-state-spokesma-idUSKCN1152GG/|title=Key Islamic State leader killed in apparent U.S. strike in Syria |work=Reuters|date=31 August 2016 |access-date=31 August 2016|last1=Stewart |first1=Angus Mcdowall }}</ref> The Russian Federation claimed that Adnani had been killed in a Tuesday (30 August 2016) [[Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war|Russian airstrike]].<ref name=reutkilled>{{cite web|title=Russia says it killed Islamic State leader Adnani in Syria|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-islamicstate-idUSKCN1161GZ?il=0|work=Reuters|date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=riakilled>{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/syria/20160831/1475720200.html|title=Российский Су-34 уничтожил в Сирии второе лицо в ИГ|work=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=31 August 2016}}</ref> Specifically, the Russian Defense Ministry indicated on August 31 that al-Adnani was killed in the [[Maarat Umm Hawsh]] area of Aleppo as the result of an airstrike conducted by a Russian [[Sukhoi Su-34|Su-34]] bomber, a strike which targeted and hit a group of about 40 Islamic State fighters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roth |first=Andrew |last2=Sly |first2=Liz |last3=Gibbons-Neff |first3=Thomas |date=2016-08-31 |title=Russian military claims it killed senior ISIS strategist |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-claims-airstrike-that-killed-senior-islamic-state-leader/2016/08/31/4b551701-c880-4c0c-ac92-24df06c1195c_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901150931/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-claims-airstrike-that-killed-senior-islamic-state-leader/2016/08/31/4b551701-c880-4c0c-ac92-24df06c1195c_story.html |archive-date=2016-09-01 |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
An unnamed U.S. defense official said, "coalition forces conducted an airstrike in [[al-Bab]], Syria, targeting an ISIL senior leader" and were still trying to confirm whether he was killed.<ref name=Fox-News>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/senior-isis-leader-spokesman-adnani-killed-reports-say|title= Senior ISIS leader, spokesman Adnani killed, reports say|work=Fox News|date= 30 August 2016|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> A U.S. defense official called the Russian claim to have killed al-Adnani "preposterous" and "a joke" and said they stand by the statement made on August 30 that U.S. forces conducted the strike that targeted al-Adnani.<ref name=CNN-confirm>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/31/middleeast/isis-leader-killed/|title= US doubts Russia's claim it killed ISIS spokesman|work=CNN|date= 31 August 2016|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=MSN-a-joke>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-killed-islamic-state-leader-adnani-in-syria/ar-AAigzaA/|title=Russia's claim it killed Islamic State's Adnani 'a joke': U.S. officials|work=MSN News|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901140907/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-killed-islamic-state-leader-adnani-in-syria/ar-AAigzaA|archive-date=2016-09-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, earlier in the day on 30 August 2016, a U.S. military intelligence official stated that al-Adnani was wounded several days previous and succumbed to his injuries in [[al-Bab]].<ref name="nbcnews.com">[https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-says-no-2-leader-mohammad-al-adnani-dead-n640171 ''ISIS Says No. 2 Leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani Is Dead in Syria.''] Robert Windrem and Tracy Connor. NBC News. 31 August 2016.</ref>
The [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] confirmed on 12 September that al-Adnani had been killed in an airstrike on 30 August near al-Bab.<ref name="Fox-confirm">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/pentagon-confirms-it-killed-senior-isis-leader-abu-muhammad-al-adnani/|title= Pentagon confirms it killed senior ISIS leader Abu Muhammad al-Adnani|work=Fox News|date= 12 September 2016|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="DoD" />
After his death al-Adnani was featured on the cover of the first issue of ISIL propaganda magazine [[Rumiyah (magazine)|''Rumiyah'']], which praised both his life as a jihadist and his 'martyrdom'. It repeatedly stated that the killing of al-Adnani will only strengthen the outfit as there are many who will follow his path and replace him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/in-new-english-magazine-rumiyah-is-calls-for-lone-wolf-attacks-in-australia-west.html|title=In New Magazine 'Rumiyah,' IS Calls for Lone-Wolf Attacks in Australia, West|last=SITE|website=news.siteintelgroup.com|date=5 September 2016|access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref>
==Books==
He wrote a number of books, including ''The Context of Jihad and Its Related Issues'' and ''Verses on the Jurisprudence of Jihad'', that he penned while being imprisoned by the Americans. Many of his publications eventually served as textbooks for [[al-Qaeda]] and [[ISIS]] fighters in training camps, where he also used to teach the [[Arabic language]] and its grammar, as well as [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref>Feras Hanoush (31 August 2016), [https://www.newsweek.com/who-was-isis-propaganda-chief-killed-us-airstrike-494785 "Who Was the ISIS Propaganda Chief Killed by a U.S. Airstrike?"], ''Newsweek''. Retrieved 11 June 2019.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://jihadology.net/category/individuals/leaders/shaykh-abu-mu%E1%B8%A5ammad-al-adnani/  Abu Mohammad al-Adnani Jihadology]
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