User:Geo Swan/Tamaz Chaghalidze

Tamaz Chaghalidze
Tamaz Chaghalidze
Born	1988 (age 35–36); Georgia's Adjara Autonomous Region
Nationality	Georgian
Other names	Ahmad Chaghalidze
Occupation	economist
Known for	recruiting ISIS fighters

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Tamaz Chaghalidze is a citizen of Georgia who traveled to Syria to volunteer as a fighter for the Islamic State.^[1]^[2] Chaghalidze has been described as the most active recruiters of other Georgian to volunteer in the Islamic State. Chaghalidze's writings have been analyzed for threats they contain to Georgia.^[3]^[4]

Chaghalidze is from Georgia's Adjara Autonomous Region, and is a member of the Kist ethnic group, a group with close ethnic ties to Chechens.^[2]

In late 2014 Chagalidze rose to national prominence for publishing what the Georgian Journal described as a "raving threat" against Georgians.^[5]

References

^ Bennett Clifford (2018-07-31). "The Clear Banner: A Brief Update On Ethnic Georgian Foreign Fighters In The Islamic State". Jihadology. Retrieved 2018-08-11. Perhaps most importantly, one of the major (and arguably, only) IS Georgian-language propagandists and the group's standard-bearer, Tamaz Chaghalidze, is ostensibly alive and has returned to social media during the past few months, posting a barrage of new Georgian-language material. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Vasili Rukhadze (2015-04-16). "More of Georgia's Muslims Try to Join Islamic State". Eurasia Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2018-08-11. In the last seven or eight years, the tide has turned again. New mosques have sprung up in the region, one of which was attended by the above-mentioned Ahmed Chaghalidze. In fact, Chaghalidze specifically emphasized that the Adjara region would be entirely converted to Islam soon enough. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Onnik Krikorian (2016-02-08). "Identifying the Islamic State Threat to Georgia". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Retrieved 2018-08-11. In early 2015 Chaghalidze issued online threats against Georgia, writing, "We will raise so much hell over your patriarchy's oppression of Adjara that you robe-wearing rats will regret not being born as reptiles. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "'ვანანებ ყველას, ვინც მთავაზობდა გაქრისტიანებას ბინის და ფულის სანაცვლოდ' - ბათუმელი რადიკალი აჭარას ჯიჰადით ემუქრება (ექსკლუზივი)" ['I regret everyone who suggested conversion to the apartment and money' - Batumi radical threatens Adjara jihad (exclusive)]. Kviris Palitra (in Georgian). 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2018-08-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "'You will beg on your knees!' - Radical Islamist from Batumi threatens Georgian Christians". Georgian Journal. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2018-08-11. Tamaz Chaghalidze, a 27-year-old Islamist from Batumi, who is currently fighting for the Islamic State in Syria, has addressed Christians of Georgia with a raving threat. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Jihadology2018-07-31-1] Bennett Clifford (2018-07-31). "The Clear Banner: A Brief Update On Ethnic Georgian Foreign Fighters In The Islamic State". Jihadology. Retrieved 2018-08-11. Perhaps most importantly, one of the major (and arguably, only) IS Georgian-language propagandists and the group's standard-bearer, Tamaz Chaghalidze, is ostensibly alive and has returned to social media during the past few months, posting a barrage of new Georgian-language material. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Eurasia2015-04-16-2] Vasili Rukhadze (2015-04-16). "More of Georgia's Muslims Try to Join Islamic State". Eurasia Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2018-08-11. In the last seven or eight years, the tide has turned again. New mosques have sprung up in the region, one of which was attended by the above-mentioned Ahmed Chaghalidze. In fact, Chaghalidze specifically emphasized that the Adjara region would be entirely converted to Islam soon enough. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2016-02-08-3] Onnik Krikorian (2016-02-08). "Identifying the Islamic State Threat to Georgia". Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Retrieved 2018-08-11. In early 2015 Chaghalidze issued online threats against Georgia, writing, "We will raise so much hell over your patriarchy's oppression of Adjara that you robe-wearing rats will regret not being born as reptiles. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[kvirispalitra2014-10-22-4] "'ვანანებ ყველას, ვინც მთავაზობდა გაქრისტიანებას ბინის და ფულის სანაცვლოდ' - ბათუმელი რადიკალი აჭარას ჯიჰადით ემუქრება (ექსკლუზივი)" ['I regret everyone who suggested conversion to the apartment and money' - Batumi radical threatens Adjara jihad (exclusive)]. Kviris Palitra (in Georgian). 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2018-08-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[georgianjournal2015-01-13-5] "'You will beg on your knees!' - Radical Islamist from Batumi threatens Georgian Christians". Georgian Journal. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2018-08-11. Tamaz Chaghalidze, a 27-year-old Islamist from Batumi, who is currently fighting for the Islamic State in Syria, has addressed Christians of Georgia with a raving threat. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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