Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Record
Daily Record
World
Nicholas Keyden

40-stone ISIS leader Jabba the Jihadi 'preached rape and torture of young girls'

A morbidly obese ISIS leader dubbed 'Jabba the Jihadi' who was arrested in Iraq allegedly preached the rape and torture of young girls.

Shifa Al-Nima, also known as Abu Abdul-Bari, weighs 40 stone and had to be heaved onto a truck by Iraqi security forces when he was cuffed in Mosul on January 17.

The oversized fighter was a senior figure in the cult and allegedly ordered the murder of scholars and clerics through fatwas.

ISIS also encouraged the kidnapping of women as sex slaves under Islamic theology, something which is thought as a perversion by most in the Muslim world.

French military journal Zone Militaire claims the vile extremist would have been one of the leading Isis clerics who justified rape as well as the killing of women and children in his role as a 'mufti' - an expert in religious law.

It reads: "Above all, this "mufti" would have given religious justifications for the slavery, torture and ethnic cleansing practiced by Daesh against certain Iraqi populations."

Mocked for his size, social media users have drawn comparisons with Star Wars villain Jabba the Hut over their slug-like similatiries.

It comes after images emerged of Al-Nima being loaded onto the back of a flatbed truck following his arrest because he was too heavy to be led away in a car.

Shifa Al-Nima is led away on the back of a truck because of his 40-stone frame (@AliBaroodi/Twitter)

The pictures were hailed by many online who relished the demise of a man who "raped and murdered" during his reign of terror.

Among them was a Brit who fought against IS in Syria , who said Iraqi authorities would have trouble executing him due to his massive frame.

He wrote online: "I'm delighted to say that the Islamic States very own Jabba the Hut has been captured in Mosul.

"Responsible for the execution of men, women and children. This animal raped and murdered.

"Good luck hanging him Iraq."

Others praised the images of the "walrus" being arrested as a hammer blow to the psyche of "ISIS imbeciles".

Maajid Nawaz, chairman of the anti-extremism think tank Quilliam, said: "It is good that Syrians, Iraqis and others witness the debasement of this scum.

"That he is this obese, this immobile and this humiliated is yet another blow to ISIS imbeciles who thought God was with them.

"Do not underestimate the psychological blow the image of this obese monster being arrested is to ISIS.

"Gluttony is frowned upon by jihadists.

"But also, ISIS branded themselves as fighters possessing rare courage and discipline... meanwhile this walrus was their top religious cleric."

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.