Abu Dhar Azzam ( ar, أبو ذر عزام), also known as Abu Dhar al-Burmi ( ar, أبو ذر البورمي) and Abu Dhar al Bakistani (), is a

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Islamist

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and a member of the

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(IMU).

Biography

Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas (

FATA , conventional_long_name = Federally Administered Tribal Areas , nation = Pakistan , subdivision = Autonomous territory , image_flag = Flag of FATA.svg , image_coat = File:Coat of arms ...

). He has been a prominent member of the

Turkistan Islamic Party The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) or the Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM), formerly known as the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and other names, is a Uyghur Islamic extremist organization founded in Western China. Its stated goals ar ...

, the Pakistani Taliban and the

. He was a former spokesperson for the IMU and a former member of the

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(ISIL). Azzam is sympathetic to the

s and supported them during the

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. He also congratulated the

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brothers for carrying out the

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Abu Dhar al-Burmi (''Jihadology'')
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Biography

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