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May 24, 2021
An article, titled "We Are Fighting In Iraq And Syria And Our Eyes Are On Al-Quds," in Issue 16 of the ISIS magazine "Sawt Al-Hind" includes a photo of an ISIS flag put up outside the main gate at a central mosque in Kashmir, maybe in the capital city of Srinagar, while a message written on a second banner accompanying the flag declares: "We are fighting in Iraq and Syria and our eyes are on Al-Quds – Wilayah Hind."
"Wilayah Hind" refers to the India Province of the Islamic State (ISIS). Islamist groups use "Al-Quds" interchangeably to refer to Jerusalem or to all of Palestine. In the article, the words accompanying the flag are expanded to include Afghanistan: "We are fighting in Iraq, Sham [Syria], Khurasan [Afghanistan], but by Allah, our eyes are on al-Aqsa." The article comes amid recent fighting between Israel and the Palestinians.