IS releases new war song in Mandarin

The terrorist group has published a song titled 'We are Mujahid' calling Muslims in China to take up arms

Beijing: The Islamic State (IS) has published a song in Mandarin calling China’s Muslim recruits on Sunday.

The song has been released by the IS propaganda website Jihadology. Representation Pic/AFP

Analysts on Monday said the song, released by the IS propaganda website "Jihadology", attempted to strengthen its presence in China.

Lyrics
The four-minute song, titled "We are Mujahid’, contains lyrics such as "It’s our dream to die fighting on the battlefield", "No power could stop us from moving forward", "Pick up your weapons to revolt" and "The shameless enemy would panic".
Jihadology describes itself as an "academic website that curates new primary source material from global jihadis" on its Twitter account.

In a first
"This is the first time that the IS has released a Chinese song to recruit members or inspire its followers," said Zhu Yongbiao, assistant director of the Institute of Central Asia Studies at Lanzhou University on Monday.

"Some terrorists in the Xinjiang Uygur region have travelled via Turkey to Syria and Iraq to join the IS and some of them will return to launch terrorist activities in China," an expert from the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said.

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