Tamaz Chaghalidze

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Tamaz Chaghalidze
Chaghadildze holds an AK47 while posing under the ISIS flag.
Chaghadildze holds an AK47 while posing under the ISIS flag.
Born 1988 (age 35–36)
Georgia's Adjara Autonomous Region
Nationality Georgian
Other names Ahmad Chaghalidze
Occupation economist
Known for recruiting ISIS fighters

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

  1. 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. 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." 
  3. 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." 
  4. "'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. 
  5. "'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."