Pro-al Qaeda Saudi cleric

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Pro-al Qaeda Saudi cleric calls on ISIS members to defect
By Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal, February 3, 2014

Not long after al Qaeda's general command yesterday disowned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), a popular Saudi cleric who has relocated to Syria took to his social media sites to call on ISIS members to defect.

Sheikh Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini played a leading role in the mediation efforts between ISIS and other rebel groups, which have been increasingly fighting among themselves. But now that those efforts have failed, Muhaysini says on his popular Twitter feed, ISIS members should defect to the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front.

The Al Nusrah Front is now al Qaeda's only official branch inside Syria. The al Qaeda-linked Ahrar al Sham is one of the most powerful groups within the Islamic Front, which is a coalition of rebel groups. Abu Khalid al Suri, Zawahiri's main representative in Syria, is a senior leader in Ahrar al Sham.

Muhaysini's call for ISIS defectors has quickly become popular on Twitter [....]

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Pro-al Qaeda Saudi cleric