Abu Omar al-Muhajir

Abu Omar al-Muhajir
أبو عمر المهاجر
Occupation	Official spokesman of the Islamic State
Predecessor	Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi
Successor	Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari
Movement	Islamic State

Abu Omar al-Muhajir served as the fourth spokesman for the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS),^[1][2] from 10 March 2022 until his capture in April 2023 by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).^[3] He succeeded Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi in March 2022, and was replaced by Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari in August 2023.^[4][5]

Abu Omar al-Muhajir was announced as spokesman in a speech of Al-Furqan Foundation in March 2022, and he made four audio speeches in his tenure as spokesman for the Islamic State.

His speeches included:^{[6][unreliable source?]}

• “Some Have Fulfilled Their Obligations [by Martyrdom]” - 10 March 2022
• “Fight Them, and God Will Punish Them At Your Hands” - 17 April 2022
• “And Hold Fast, All of You, to the Rope of God and Be Not Divided” 15 September 2022^{[7][unreliable source?]}
• “So they kill and are killed” 30 November 2022^[8]

Little is known about Abu Omar al-Muhajir. It was speculated by Yemeni journalist Mohammed Faisal on Twitter that he is Juma'a Al-Badri, a brother of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,^[9] but this was never confirmed. Many analysts^[who?] believed his accent to be Iraqi after analyzing his speeches.^{[citation needed]} HTS did not present him before media after his capture nor comment on his capture.^[3]