Asim Umar

Asim Umar
Born1974/1976
Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died23 September 2019
Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Allegiance Al-Qaeda
Branch Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
RankEmir of AQIS

Sana-ul-Haq (1974/1976 – 23 September 2019), better known as Asim Umar, was an Indian Jihadist militant leader of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri announced the creation of AQIS and introduced Asim Umar as its leader in a video posted online in September 2014.

Outside his militant activities he was also an author of what Praveen Swami calls "several best-selling dystopic jihadist fantasies that give fascinating glimpses into the inner world of Islamists", centered on a global conspiracy involving the Dajjal and Jews as well Islamic eschatology.

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