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| Al-Shabab militant group uses Donald Trump in propaganda film | Al-Shabab militant group uses Donald Trump in propaganda film |
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| The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has released a propaganda video featuring footage of the US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump. | The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has released a propaganda video featuring footage of the US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump. |
| It shows his recent call for Muslims to be barred from entering the US. | It shows his recent call for Muslims to be barred from entering the US. |
| It also shows al-Shabab - which is linked to al-Qaeda - urging African-Americans to convert to Islam and to take part in holy war. | It also shows al-Shabab - which is linked to al-Qaeda - urging African-Americans to convert to Islam and to take part in holy war. |
| It says racism, police brutality and anti-Muslim sentiment are rife in the US. | It says racism, police brutality and anti-Muslim sentiment are rife in the US. |
| Mr Trump's campaign team has not responded to the video. | Mr Trump's campaign team has not responded to the video. |
| In recent years, several Somali-Americans from Minnesota have gone to fight for al-Shabab in Somalia. | In recent years, several Somali-Americans from Minnesota have gone to fight for al-Shabab in Somalia. |
| Mr Trump is shown 10 minutes into the 51-minute film making his December call for the US to bar all Muslims, in the wake of deadly California shootings in San Bernardino on 2 December. | |
| Mr Trump said a "total and complete" shutdown should remain until the US authorities could "figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US. His comments were widely condemned in the US at the time. | Mr Trump said a "total and complete" shutdown should remain until the US authorities could "figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US. His comments were widely condemned in the US at the time. |
| And more recently, US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that, with his rhetoric, Mr Trump was becoming Islamic State's "best recruiter". | |
| Mr Trump's statement is shown between two clips of militant leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011. | Mr Trump's statement is shown between two clips of militant leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in 2011. |
| The film was distributed on Twitter on Friday by the al-Kataib media foundation, an Islamist militant organisation, intelligence agency SITE Monitoring reported. | The film was distributed on Twitter on Friday by the al-Kataib media foundation, an Islamist militant organisation, intelligence agency SITE Monitoring reported. |
| Al-Shabab, which seeks to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government and impose a strict version of Sharia (Islamic law), has carried out attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia. | Al-Shabab, which seeks to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government and impose a strict version of Sharia (Islamic law), has carried out attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia. |