Abu Qatada, the radical preacher who fought a decade-long battle to avoid deportation from Britain, has denounced “filthy” Shia Muslims in a propaganda article for al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria.  In this four-page missive, written in English, Abu Qatada predicts that Islam will “dominate every land” and the “state of the Jews” will “collapse by the Grace of Allah”.

Stung by the sophistication of the online propaganda of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), al-Qaeda’s Syrian branch has responded by launching its own glossy online magazine, known as “Al Risalah”. This consciously imitates the imagery of Isil, seeking to present al-Qaeda in Syria - known as Jabhat al-Nusra - as the true leader of the struggle to impose “Allah’s rule” on the world.

Read more:  The Telegraph