Articles by Luis Antonio González Francisco

Paraphrasing Fray Luís de León, “We said yesterday…” or to be more specific, it was said in the previous issue that Al Qaeda was present in Tunisia through a loyal group, the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade. This organization took its name from a Muslim general who helped spread the dominions of Islam throughout the Maghreb. It was precisely the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, the germ of what would be a new jihadist formation aligned with its rival: Jund al-Khilafah ("Soldiers of the Caliphate"). (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Meir Kahane (1932-1990) was a controversial figure characterized by the radicality of his speech that defended, among other things, that the political system submit to the rigid observance of his particular vision of the Jewish religion. American by birth and rabbi by training, he moved with his family to Israel. Until his shooting death, he defended extremist positions, projecting his hatred primarily against the Arab population, but also against secular Jews. He once held a seat in the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, before his formation, the Kach, was outlawed. His thought survived him and is still defended today by controversial figures in Israeli politics. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Born in Mecca in the year 622, Okba Ibn Nafaa was a Muslim general who played a prominent role in the conquest of the Maghreb ("West"), helping to spread Islam to North African territories that are currently the countries of Algeria. , Libya, Tunisia and Morocco. In the year 670, as commander of Muslim forces, he crossed the Egyptian desert establishing the city of Qairouan, in modern-day Tunisia, a location that he used as an outpost. After a succession of victories, some renowned such as the one he obtained outnumbered in the Roman town of Tahert (in present-day Algeria), he continued his advance towards the Atlantic Ocean. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The documented appearances of Hajj Qassem, nickname of Major General Qasem Soleimani, were almost non-existent until the end of August 2014. On those dates he was spotted in the Iraqi town of Amerlii, with a Shiite majority, at the time it was located surrounded by Daesh jihadists. Just two days later the threat had been neutralized. Later, images of him were also disseminated in towns taken from Daesh control such as Jarf Al Shakhr or Al-Daloulah. [Keep reading…]

Historically, the extremist vision of Islamic doctrine whose interpretation sometimes led to acts of terrorist violence was a practically unknown phenomenon in Morocco. This trend was reversed in the 70s. In 1972 the group Shabiba al-Islamiyya (Islamic Youth) came onto the Moroccan scene. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

At the end of May 2018, a video titled “Emigration to God” was broadcast through channels through which jihadist propaganda usually flows. The recording contained, as is usual in this type of product, criticism of the decadent Western system. It also included the testimony of several citizens, including one from Mauritius, another from Canada and two more from France. All of them narrated their lives in each of those countries and denounced what from their point of view they considered attacks against them and against other Muslims. In the video they also emphasize that, despite the obvious losses suffered by the different jihadist groups, Syria continues to be a safe "refuge" for the Muslims of the world and that all of them should contribute to its defense. The video was signed by Ḥizb al-Islāmī al-Turkistānī in Bilād al-Shām, the Turkestan Islamic Party [Keep reading…]

The Hadith (a set of sayings and facts attributed to Muhammad) has great importance in Islamic doctrine. The hadiths are collected in a compendium called Kutub al-Sittah, the work of six Sunni Muslim theologians of the 23th century. One of them, Al-Tirmidhi, picked up the saying “wear white clothes, because they are the best of clothes, and wrap your dead in them.” In another hadith, compiled by Al-Bukhari, it was said: “I saw the Messenger of God on the day of Uhud (a battle that took place on March 625, XNUMX) and he was accompanied by two men who defended him; They wore white clothing and fought with extreme bravery. “I had never seen them before nor did I see them later.” According to Islamic tradition, these “men” were Jibril (Gabriel) and Mikaa'il (Michael), two angels (malā'ika). (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want access to the full text, you can subscribe [Keep reading…]

Point-klick-kill (Aim, press and kill) is the sequence used by RPA operators, an acronym that corresponds to Remote Piloted Aircraft, a name used by the United States Air Force (USAF) to differentiate these aerial devices from the UAS (Unmanned Air System) by having the first one pilot directing and controlling the system permanently. This sequence, and these devices, commonly known as drones, were used on December 1, 2017 in Musa Qalah, in the Afghan province of Helmand, in the development of an action carried out jointly between the Afghan Armed Forces and their counterparts. of USFOR-A, the US troops deployed in the country. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

“One of the greatest defeats of the enemies of Allah, in which their polytheistic kings and their auxiliaries, their defenders and their brave men died.” This was how the Muslim chronicler Ibn Abi Zar described the victory of the troops led by Yusuf Ibn Tasfin against the hosts of the Christian monarch Alfonso VI. The battle took place near Badajoz, in Sagrajas. It was the year 1086. More than nine centuries later, on March 2, 2017, the Arab name of that battle, Al-Zaleqa, was chosen to name the production company responsible for the communications of a new organization that emerged from the union of several jihadist groups operating in the Sahel region: JNIM, acronym for Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of [Keep reading…]