Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah

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| name = Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah
{{lang|ar|جيش أهل السنة والجماعة}}

| logo = Jama'at Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah logo.png

| active = 2003 – October 16, 2006

| ideology = Salafist jihadism
Anti-Shi'ism

| war = Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency

| leaders = Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

| area = {{flagicon image|Flag of Iraq.svg}} Iraq

| size =

| predecessor =

| successor = {{flagicon image|Flag of Islamic State of Iraq.svg|size=20px}} Islamic State of Iraq

| allies =

| opponents = {{flagu|Iraq}}
{{flagu|United States}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Promised Day Brigades.svg}} Mahdi Army
{{flagu|Iraqi Kurdistan}}
Islamic Army of Iraq

| partof = {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|center|250px}} MSC
(from January 15, 2006)

| battles = Iraq War

| flag =

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Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah ({{langx|ar|جيش أهل السنة والجماعة

|Army of the Ahlus Sunnah}}) was an Iraqi Salafi insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies during the Iraq War. In 2006 the group aligned itself with al-Qaeda and helped establish the Mujahideen Shura Council.https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IS-leaders-report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-en.aspx | title=Currently listed entities | date=December 21, 2018 }}

History

Following the US invasion of Iraq, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, along with some associates, created Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah (JJASJ) – the Army of the Sunni People Group – and it operated in Samarra, Diyala, and Baghdad.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28560449|title=Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Islamic State's driving force|work=BBC News |date=July 31, 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.counterextremism.com/news/sun-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-has-risen-shy-polite-and-talented-schoolboy-being-mass-killer-25 | title=The Sun: ABU Bakr al-Baghdadi has risen from a shy, polite and talented schoolboy to being a mass killer with a $25 million bounty on his head }}

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi served as head of the group and led it to establish caliphate.{{Cite web|url=https://aymennjawad.org/2019/11/stations-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-life-translation|title='Stations' of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Life: Translation and Analysis|first=Aymenn Jawad|last=Al-Tamimi|website=Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi|date=November 7, 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-loner-who-became-leader-islamic-state | title=Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The 'loner' who became leader of Islamic State }}

On January 15, 2006, an organization known as the Mujahideen Shura Council announced its establishment. Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah has been declared one of its constituent groups, along with al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Monotheism Brigades, the Sarai al-Jihad group, the al-Ghurab Brigades and the al-Ahwal Brigades.

The dissolution of the Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah group occurred after the announcement of the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq just like the rest of the groups of the Mujahideen Shura Council, and Abu Bakr became one of the fighters under command of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, and he assumed in that time a number of responsibilities among them amirship of the Shari'i committees in the Islamic State. He would eventually go on to succeed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi as emir of the Islamic State of Iraq the latter's death and he would eventually establish the Islamic State.