Salafi jihadi organizations from Gaza and Nazareth have published eulogies for the slain Chief Qadi of the Caucasus Emirate Anzor Astemirov. These eulogies reflect the influence of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, a key patron of the Palestinian groups who had also taken Astemirov under his wing. The Palestinians' embrace of the Caucasus Emirate is also a means for them to claim the pan-Islamic mantle in contrast with Hamas, which has been courting Russia....
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