Ibrahim, left the shadows and showed his face for the first time, in a Friday sermon in Mosul, Iraq. While previous pictures of him had been leaked, Baghdadi had not shown himself in the four years since he became leader of what was then the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq (forerunner of Isis, then the Islamic State). Before April 2013, Baghdadi also did not release many audio messages. His first written statement was a eulogy to Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. His first audio message was released in July 2012 and predicted future victories for the Islamic State. Since the groups resurgence, which began 15 months ago, Baghdadis media output has risen. The amount of specific information about his background has also increased. Descendant of the Prophet In July 2013, a Bahraini ideologue Turki al-Binali, writing under the pen name Abu Humam Bakr bin Abd al-Aziz al-Athari, wrote a biography of Baghdadi. Prior to his appearance in Mosul, there were only two known photographs of Baghdadi It highlighted Baghdadis family history which claims that Baghdadi was indeed a descendant of the Muslim Prophet Muhammads Quraysh tribe - one of the key qualifications in Islamic history for becoming the caliph (historically, leader of all Muslims)
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