In the past two months, the transnational Islamic jihadist organisation known as Islamic State (IS) has released three propaganda videos in non-Arabic languages.
On 14 June, IS West Africa Province in Nigeria released a video in Hausa, the largest ethnic/language group in West and Central Africa.
On 1 July, IS in Iraq released a video in Kurdish, which is spoken in Iraqi Kurdistan, north and east Syria, and much of eastern Turkey.
On 30 July, IS in Somalia released a 25-minute video in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia. The Amharic-language video specifically calls for jihad against Ethiopia’s Christians and government.
Then, on 3 August, IS in Khorasan Province (greater Afghanistan) released a fatwa (legal order) calling for attacks on Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Shi’ite places of worship.
Ethiopia
The Amharic video was…
