ISRAEL: AN ISLAMIC CALIPHATE SHOULD BE HEADQUARTERED IN JERUSALEM

Islamic group calls for Jerusalem-based caliphate
By Nadav Shragai

The government has received warnings that the Al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic Freedom Party is using preachers on Jerusalem's Temple Mount to call for the establishment of a world Islamic caliphate whose capital is Jerusalem.

The publications put out by the movement, which is active in Europe, specify the obligation to wage a world jihad against infidels and to enforce Islamic law.

One of the individuals associated with the Islamic Freedom Party is Sheikh Issam Amaira, who lives in Jerusalem. During Ramadan, a sign was placed near the Dome of the Rock reading "[creation of] the caliphate is a commandment from God," flanked by Islamic Freedom Party flags.

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