Grouping of Sermons of the Imam Abu Yusuf Muhammad Bin Yusuf Jamā’At Ahl Al-Sunna Li-L-Da’Wa Wa-L-Jihād

(Released 3 March 2015) [Trans.: Abdulbasit Kassim] Available at: http://jihadology.net/2015/03/03/al-urwah-al-wuthqa-foundation-presents-a-new-release-from-jamaat-ahl-al-Sunna-li-l-dawah-wa-l-jihad-boko-%E1%B8%A5aram-grouping-of-sermons-of-the-imam-abu-yusuf-mu/ This trio of written sermons in Arabic was released by Boko Haram six years after the murder of Yusuf. They are a thematic group, concerning the Muslim personality, a call to jihād, and covering colonialism. Most likely they were delivered separately as the tone of the first sermon differs markedly from the hysterical tone of the last two. It is of course possible that the first sermon was delivered together with the others, but as there are no internal indications as to its date, it has been placed separately. The final two sermons are placed chronologically prior to the Declaration of War (text 19). Most probably the release of these sermons on 3 March 2015, as the Nigerian army was defeating Boko Haram and just four days before the amalgamation of Boko Haram with the Islamic State, was designed as a rebuke to Shekau from disaffected elements of the group who wanted to stress the legacy and leadership of Muhammad Yusuf...