1 organization , leadership
1.1 membership
1.2 leadership
1.3 funding
1.4 media
organization , leadership
membership
while imu ethnic uzbek movement, recruitment base expanded include central asians - afghans, tajiks, uyghurs , turkmens - , other nationalities, including arabs, chechens , westerners.
hizb ut-tahrir , islamic movement of uzbekistan received uyghur recruits diaspora in kyrgyzstan , uzbekistan. movement s goal takeover of xinjiang , central asia. uyghurs, chechens, uzbeks, tajiks, kyrgyz, kazakhs , other ethnic groups flocked serve under imu leader juma namangani, died in november 2001.
a number of imu s senior leaders , ideologues have been non-uzbeks, including kyrgyz former military commander, abbas mansur, , mufti (religious authority), abu zar al-burmi, pakistani national of burmese rohingya descent. in 2011, of 87 “martyrs” imu listed on website, 4 uzbeks uzbekistan, while 64 afghanistan, 10 tajikistan, 6 kyrgyzstan, , 1 each tatarstan, germany , pakistan.
one of mouthpieces of imu abu dher al barmi. imu s mufti, joining , leaving isil in video called (muftiy abu zar azzom davla jamoatidan bezor buldi) (المفتي ابو ذر عزام يتبرأ من تأييد تنظيم الدولة).
afghan troops liquidated ammar sahib. usman ghazi, abu usman adil, tahir yuldashev, , juma namangani among commanders of imu.
leadership
on 30 september 2009, man claiming bodyguard of tahir yuldashev reported yuldashev had been killed in missile airstrike occurred shortly after death of pakistan taliban chief baitullah mehsud. next day, pakistan , officials confirmed report. year later, imu website confirmed yuldashev had been killed on 27 august 2009 predator drone strike in south waziristan, , described him shaheed, or martyr.
on 17 august 2010, imu announced yuldashev s long-serving deputy, abu usman adil, had been appointed group s new leader. in first statement, adil called on followers wage jihad in southern portion of kyrgyzstan, in wake of ethnic violence against uzbek minority. adil killed in april 2012 drone strike in pakistan. in august 2012 group announced adil s deputy, usman ghazi, new leader.
funding
the imu alleged magazine eurasia critic involved in organized criminal activities such controlling , facilitating drug smuggling. imu alleged united states of america receive funding taliban , al-qaeda.
media
the imu’s media arm known jundallah studio. produces high-quality videos, publishes audio , written statements, , has released newsletters in uzbek, russian, persian, arabic, german, burmese, urdu, , pashto. group ran uzbek-language website called furqon, no longer accessible.
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