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Ahmadi Liberation Party and its Renaissance

September, 5558

Representatives from across the globe gathered in Konestadt, Dorvan for the annual Majatan Defense Conference which brings together stakeholders, government officials, business and corporate leaders and officers as well as private citizens to discuss a number of issues facing Majatra.

One of the key topics, presented by Emir Ameen bin Taajuddeen al-Majali, the Kafuri Permanent Representative to the Majatran Security Cooperation Organization (MSCO) and Deputy Foreign Minister, was the recent "renaissance" of the Ahmadi Liberation Party (Majatran: Ḥizb al-Taḥrir al-Aḥmad) which has been outlawed in a majority of Ahmadi majority countries. The Emir, who studied at the al-Kasraj University and had a specific area focus of Majatran Studies, shared a brief overview of Hatah (sometimes called "Hizbatah") and its history. The organization was first started by radical Ahmadi clerics from the two main denominations of Ahmadism: Grand Ayatollah Riyaal el-Hashemi representing Abadism and Grand Mufti of Quanzar (modern Istalia) Ramalaan al-Shahid, representing Israism. The organization was unique in that it brought together two very different and often at odds sects of Ahmadism and proclaimed a goal of unifying the Majatran and Ahmadi world in a global caliphate, notably in Majatra. The organization was founded on 17th September, 1921 and quickly attracted the attention of Ahmadis and Majatran nationalist from across Majatra. The organization continued to grow until it was formally outlawed in Badara, during the Badaran Protectorate under Dundorf, in 1925 which provided further assistance in the revolt against the foreign Dundorfian rulers and the Badaran Protectorate dissolution in the late 1920s. In Kafuristan, at the time a component of the Emirate of Quanzar, the ALP (as the Ahmadi Liberation Movement) pushed for independence from the Quanzari Emirate and advocated for the establishment of an Ahmadi democracy, which eventually happened in 1930.

Initially the party experienced success in the early days of the post-colonial Badara and independent Kafuristan but the growth of its radical Ahmadi wing would lead to conflict with those who were interested in less religious governments, especially in Badara where overtly religious Ahmadi's were often repressed. One of the first modern acts of "terrorism" was in 1927 when more radical members of the Ahmadi Liberation Party utilized a truck laden with explosives and detonated it near a Dundorfian barracks in Bier Qassem; the event would lead to a fracture in the partys leadership. Grand Ayatollah el-Hashemi condemned the tactics while the now former Grand Mufti of Quanzar, al-Shahid, stated their necessity to further movement. This attack would be central to both the government in Badara and Kafuristan outlawing the Ahmadi Liberation Party in the late 1960s, this combined with other terrorist related attacks across the Majatran Ahmadi world were central to its outlawing. While formally outlawed many off-shoot parties would spawn and many of them still answering to the now "underground" Ahmadi Liberation Party. To put it simply, the Ahmadi Liberation Party was "outlawed" but functionally allowed to exist through subsidiaries and off-shoot parties and continues to operate the same way till this very day.

The party existed as a shadowy network of radical Ahmadis for several decades before the Abadi component of the party split in the mid 2500s over continued ideological and religious disputes, similar to that of Ahmadism's. That party, now largely Israist, continues to have an Abadi wing but its influence is greatly reduced and often the Abadi wing is relegated to "existing on paper" but only a handful of members actually participate in the organization. The organization has produced several prominent off-shoots or absorbed several of them, the most notable and recent being the Supreme Israic Council - Majatran Struggle Party, commonly just the "Supreme Israic Council" but formally the Supreme Council for the Ahmadi Revolution (SCAR), which similar to the ALP, is based in Majatra but extends its influence throughout the globe. For instance, their are prominent sub-groups in Solentia (SCARS; where it was initially founded), Kafuristan (SCAR-K), Statrica (SCAR-S), Mina (SCARM) and it's East Dovani sub-group, the East Dovani Supreme Ahmadi Council (EDSAC). You can read more about SCAR in the Terrorism Monitor article related to its foundation. Despite its dubious foundation, SCAR persists today and is an incredible capable and potent "branch" of the wider Hatah movement. While SCAR is officially "underneath" Hatah, it operates entirely independently and at times its leadership pays little attention to the whims of Hatah's Secretary-General. In 5473, the Supreme Leader of SCAR, Baheej el-Qazi, condemned an attack on a mosque in Mina from supporters of Hatah with affiliations to the East Dovani Supreme Ahmadi Council.

In Kafuristan the General Intelligence Directorate continues to provide support for any nation wishing to combat the influence of Hatah, and Kafuristan as a whole supported the recent move in Mina to outlaw Hatah formally. His Majesty, King Bassam II welcomed the move and called on all majority Majatran nations to do the same. Unfortunately the movement has found new supporters in Dovani, especially in places like Talmoria, Statrica, Mina's breakaway region of Nefa and other places. When Mina banned Hatah last month, they formally moved to Nefa and announced their intention to compete in elections in Nefa, which presents a chance that Hatah will be formally represented within a government for the first time in centuries and give them a base of operations. This has prompted concern across the Majatran world, and some have called on His Majesty King Bassam II to lead the charge in forming a functional Ahmadi Cooperation Council, something he has proposed since his ascension to the throne in the Majalite Kingdom.

The Emir's remarks and dialogue on the issues did not neglect the other groups such as the Ahmadi State in Majatra (ASIM) and its often more potent off-shoot, the Ahmadi State in Kafuristan (ASIK). While the Kafuri governments recent resurgence has put a stopper to many of ASIK's activities, the recent New Years Day attacks on Istalian socialist remind everyone that these groups are pervasive and exist regardless of the functionality or abilities of a government. In response, the Kafuri government struck at a number of targets associated with the Abadi Army for the Protection of Kafuristan (AAPK) in February, 5556. While ASIK is tempered for the time being, other groups such as the AAPK, or Hatah, or SCAR, continue to operate. The Emir called for a continued embrace of anti-sectarianism and the peaceful resolution of differences in all fields, be it religious, political or economic.

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Ahmadi State in Majatra (ASIM) and its role in Majatra

October, 5560

When discussing Ahmadi extremism and modern day terrorism, the first groups that come to mind are the Ahmadi State in Majatra (ASIM), the Ahmadi State in Kafuristan (ASIK) and the variety of other "Ahmadi States" that have existed. The collapse of the Razamid Caliphate, in what is modern day Kafuristan, is the reason that many of these more radical elements spawned. The re-creation of a modern day caliphate and its success generated a revival of a blend of radical Ahmadism, largely benefited by wealthy Abadi backers and picked up by Israist theologians and followers. Waddaah ibn Awad al-Salah, the scholar who is responsible for Salahism, a socio-religious revivalist movement, which is considered by both Abadi and Israist theologians to be a "puritan" or "ultra-orthodox" sect of Ahmadism has been on the rise since the 29th century. It has found itself at the center of many Ahmadi movements that had espoused the use of jihad or "struggle", sometimes known as "holy war" to achieve its means of implementing nmus or Ahmadi holy law and achieving success through activity in politics and even armed struggle when necessary. A unique component is that both Israist and Abadi followers have joined the movement which has formed a sort've syncretic blend between the two sects of Ahmadism; this includes strict adherence to the Book of Bliss and rejection of later religious interpretations of Ahmadi jurist and scholars. The movement in recent decades has been picked up by the leaders and clerics associated with the Ahmadi State in Majatra, and it's primary off-shoot the Ahmadi State in Kafuristan, including the spiritual founder of the original Ahmadi State in Majatra: Jaasir al-Nawaz, who was never seen or found following the collapse of the various Ahmadi States in Majatra or Kafuristan.

The current Ahmadi State in Majatra is one of the largest, most complex trans-national terrorist organizations that the world has ever seen and has sub-groups in multiple countries, originally the groups operated as a loose confederation but over the past several decades the groups have been far more coordinated. For instance while a lot of the groups continue to refer to themselves as "Ahmadi State in Country", officially they are termed as the "Ahmadi State in Majatra - Kafuristan Province" or "Ahmadi State in Majatra - Badara Province", etc. The recent "destruction" of the Ahmadi State in Solentia (ASIS) which was heralded by the then-government in Tahkghisi, was short lived as a new leader has risen up in the formers place. According to the Ministry of Information of the Ahmadi State in Majatra they claim a number of provinces: the Kafuristan Province, the Quanzar Province, Solentia Province, Jakania Province, Cobura Province, Barmenistan Province. The other provinces in Majatra have largely been ignored or operations limited either through effective countering or by not attempting to draw attention outside of the areas of capable operation. The current "Caliph" of the Ahmadi State is Muthanna al-Sayed who has been the Caliph, often referred to as the "Leader" as to avoid the usage of the term Caliph, since 5530 when the previous Caliph, and former leader Arshad el-Mahdavi was killed in a drone strike in Kafuristan. The new Caliph remains illusive and the Kafuri General Intelligence Directorate believes that he has taken up residence in several nations as a means to avoid capture; is it known that he is a Badaran citizen and is believed to have be born with the same name but cooperation with the Badaran government has been limited due to the on-going domestic situation.

The leader of ASIM has continued to prove himself to be an effective leader in bringing several major groups to cooperate such as the Supreme Ahmadi Council and the Majatran Mujahideen in Kafuristan, one of the largest militant groups currently operational in Kafuristan and Southeast Majatra. In recent years there has been speculation that al-Sayed has traveled to several locations throughout the globe to take part in meetings with officials and clerics associated with a variety of movements. According to the General Intelligence Bureau of Mina it is speculated that al-Sayed was in Mina as early as a year ago to meet with officials of the Nefa Ahmadi Democratic Republic. Regardless of the leaders visit, ASIM remains a potent combatant in the region and despite religious divides and even occasional political divides, and has an estimated strength of over 500,000 fighters across a variety of formations and sub-groups, and can potentially call upon another 250,000 across a number of allied groups. They also have access to a wide variety of small arms, anti-tank, anti-air and anti-personnel munitions, including technicals, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles. In recent years these groups have focused on the black market targeting both unarmed and armed UAVs, and the rare conventional rocket artillery and ballistic missiles.