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FAQ:
Q: Who is Abu Azrael and why do we care?
A: Rumors about Abu Azrael (whose real name was Ayyub Faleh al-Rubaie) served a function of counter-weighting that fear, providing the comforting vision of a man who better understood the attackers and was deftly hitting them where they lived. Stories about Abu Azrael didn’t emerge with the Paris attacks, though.
Q: Is Abu Azrael a member of Imam Ali militia?
A: Abu Azrael himself appears to be a member of the Kata’ib Imam Ali militia. Phillip Smyth, an expert on Shia militias at the University of Maryland and a blogger at Hizballah Cavalcade, says the group was formed last summer and immediately started promoting their star soldier using a sophisticated strategy.
Q: Who is Abu Azrael (“father of the Archangel of death”)?
A: Origins: On 17 November 2015, the above-reproduced Facebook post about an anti-ISIS fighter named Abu Azrael (“father of the archangel of death”) began circulating on Facebook. According to the missive, Abu Azrael (a purported Christian) has slaughtered more than 1,500 ISIS militants in just over a year’s time, primarily using a sword.