Tamaz Chaghalidze
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Tamaz Chaghalidze is a citizen of Georgia who traveled to Syria to volunteer as a fighter for the Islamic State.[1][2] Chaghalidze has been described as the most active recruiters of other Georgian to volunteer in the Islamic State. Chaghalidze's writings have been analyzed for threats they contain to Georgia.[3][4]
Chaghalidze is from Georgia's Adjara Autonomous Region, and is a member of the Kist ethnic group, a group with close ethnic ties to Chechens.[2]
In late 2014 Chagalidze rose to national prominence for publishing what the Georgian Journal described as a "raving threat" against Georgians.[5]
References
- ↑ Bennett Clifford (2018-07-31). "The Clear Banner: A Brief Update On Ethnic Georgian Foreign Fighters In The Islamic State". Jihadology. https://jihadology.net/category/guest-post/. Retrieved 2018-08-11. "Perhaps most importantly, one of the major (and arguably, only) IS Georgian-language propagandists and the group’s standard-bearer, Tamaz Chaghalidze, is ostensibly alive and has returned to social media during the past few months, posting a barrage of new Georgian-language material."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vasili Rukhadze (2015-04-16). "More of Georgia’s Muslims Try to Join Islamic State". Eurasia Daily Monitor. https://jamestown.org/program/more-of-georgias-muslims-try-to-join-islamic-state/. Retrieved 2018-08-11. "In the last seven or eight years, the tide has turned again. New mosques have sprung up in the region, one of which was attended by the above-mentioned Ahmed Chaghalidze. In fact, Chaghalidze specifically emphasized that the Adjara region would be entirely converted to Islam soon enough."
- ↑ Onnik Krikorian (2016-02-08). "Identifying the Islamic State Threat to Georgia". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. https://iwpr.net/global-voices/identifying-islamic-state-threat-georgia. Retrieved 2018-08-11. "In early 2015 Chaghalidze issued online threats against Georgia, writing, “We will raise so much hell over your patriarchy’s oppression of Adjara that you robe-wearing rats will regret not being born as reptiles."
- ↑ "'ვანანებ ყველას, ვინც მთავაზობდა გაქრისტიანებას ბინის და ფულის სანაცვლოდ' - ბათუმელი რადიკალი აჭარას ჯიჰადით ემუქრება (ექსკლუზივი)" (in Georgian). Kviris Palitra. 2014-10-22. https://www.kvirispalitra.ge/politic/23116-qvananeb-yvelas-vinc-mthavazobda-gaqristianebas-binis-da-fulis-sanacvlodq-bathumeli-radikali-atcaras-jihadith-emuqreba-eqskluzivi.html. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ "'You will beg on your knees!' - Radical Islamist from Batumi threatens Georgian Christians". Georgian Journal. 2015-01-13. https://www.georgianjournal.ge/society/29310-qyou-will-beg-on-your-kneesq-radical-islamist-from-batumi-threatens-georgian-christians.html. Retrieved 2018-08-11. "Tamaz Chaghalidze, a 27-year-old Islamist from Batumi, who is currently fighting for the Islamic State in Syria, has addressed Christians of Georgia with a raving threat."
