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 Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Jack Hensley and with the banner in the background. | |
| Leaders | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
| Dates of operation | 2003-2004 |
| Active regions | Iraq, Jordan |
| Opponents | Multinational force in Iraq, Iraq (Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish and Shia militias, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| Battles and wars | Iraqi insurgency |
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Template:Lang-ar, Unification (Monotheism) and the Holy Struggle Group) was a radical Salafi militant group in the Sunni Iraqi insurgency which was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
This group's name, which is usually abbreviated as JTJ or shortened to Tawhid wal-Jihad or Tawhid al-Jihad (or just Tawhid), purposely contrasted the strict monotheism of Islam with the "God in three persons" of the Christian Trinity, which it saw as polytheism.
In 2004, following the October 17 2004 Zarqawi's pledge of allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, the group became known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (official name Tanzim Qai'dat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn).
Activities
TWJ was blamed for some of the biggest early insurgent attacks, including:
- 2003 Canal Hotel bombing that killed Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 22 others at the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad
- 2003 Imam Ali Mosque bombing in Najaf that killed Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and more than 85 others
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