Abu Dhar worked in Jamiah Farooqia, Karachi in 2004, before he joined the insurgency movement in Pakistan's tribal areas (
FATA). He has been a prominent member of the
Turkistan Islamic Party, the Pakistani Taliban and the
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. He was a former spokesperson for the IMU and a former member of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Azzam is sympathetic to the
Rohingyas and supported them during the
2012 Rakhine State riots. He also congratulated the
Tsarnaev brothers for carrying out the
Boston Marathon bombing. ==See also==