Islamic State Morphing Into Global Gehenna -Growing Support for & Pledges of Allegiance to - Islamic State by Diverse Islamic Terrorist Groups World-Wide Are Now Creating Horrific Humanitarian Problems for Christian Communities in Many Countries -- Some Far Removed from the Middle East.

David Singer / Canada Free Press

Growing support for – and pledges of allegiance to – Islamic State by diverse Islamic terrorist groups world-wide are now creating horrific humanitarian problems for Christian communities in many countries—some far removed from the Middle East.

30 such groups have so far been identified:

• al-I’tisam of the Quran and Sunnah [Sudan]—Aug. 1, 2014—Support
• Abu Sayyaf Group [Philippines]—June 25, 2014—Support
• Ansar al-Khilafah [Philippines]—Aug. 4, 2014—Allegiance
• Ansar al-Tawhid in India [India]—Oct. 4, 2014—Allegiance
• Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) [Phillipines]—Aug. 13, 2014—Support
• Bangsmoro Justice Movement (BJM) [Phillipines]—Sept. 11, 2014—Support
• al-Huda Battalion in Maghreb of Islam [Algeria]—June 30, 2014—Allegiance
• Heroes of Islam Brigade in Khorasan [Afghanistan]—Sept. 30, 2014—Allegiance
• The Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria [Algeria]—30 Sep. 2014—Allegiance
• Jundullah [Pakistan]—Nov. 17, 2014—Support
• Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) [Pakistan] Statement—Sept. 24, dated Sept. 12, 2014—Support
• Islamic Youth Shura Council [Libya]—June 22, 2014—Support
• Jaish al-Sahabah in the Levant [Syria]—July 1, 2014—Allegiance
• Faction of Katibat al-Imam Bukhari [Syria]—Oct. 29, 2014 – Allegiance
• Jamaat Ansar Bait al-Maqdis [Egypt]—June 30, 2014—Allegiance
• Jund al-Khilafah in Egypt [Egypt]—Sept. 23, 2014—Allegiance
• Liwa Ahrar al-Sunna in Baalbek [Lebanon]—June 30, 2014—Allegiance
• Islamic State Libya (Darnah) [Libya]—Nov. 9, 2014—Allegiance
• Shura Council of Shabab al-Islam Darnah [Libya]—Oct. 6, 2014—Allegiance
• Mujahedeen Indonesia Timor (MIT) [Indonesia]—July 1, 2014—Allegiance
• Mujahedeen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSCJ) [Egypt]—Oct. 1, 2014—Support
• Tehreek-e-Khilafat [Pakistan]—July 9, 2014—Allegiance
• Okba Ibn Nafaa Battalion [Tunisia]—Sept. 20 2014—Support
• Mujahedeen of Yemen [Yemen]—Nov. 10, 2014—Allegiance
• Supporters for the Islamic State in Yemen [Yemen]—Sept. 4, 2014—Allegiance
• al-Tawheed Brigade in Khorasan [Afghanistan]—Sept. 23, 2014—Allegiance
• Supporters of the Islamic State in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques [Saudi Arabia]—Dec. 2, 2014—Support
• Ansar al-Islam [Iraq]—Jan. 8, 2015—Allegiance
• Leaders of the Mujahed in Khorasan (10 former TTP commanders) [Pakistan]—Jan. 10, 2015—Allegiance
• Boko Haram [Nigeria]—March 7, 2015—Allegiance

71 Chadian soldiers have reportedly been killed and 416 wounded in less than three months of fighting to crush Boko Haram. Chad has sent about 5,000 troops to fight alongside soldiers from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon against Boko Haram whose Nigeria-based insurgency has increasingly spilled-over into neighbouring nations.

Some 13,000 Nigerians have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes since 2009.

Other Islamic terrorist groups can be expected to join their ranks.

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