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Al-Qaeda's Syria Branch Al-Nusra Front Chief Says Islamic State Caliphate 'Illegitimate'
(AFP/The Age - Australia) - The chief of al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate says the self-proclaimed caliphate of Islamic State is "illegitimate" and its fighters have strayed from the path of Islam. In his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news channel, Nusra Front leader Abu Mohamed al-Golani criticised the IS at length and said he did not foresee a reconciliation between the two extremist groups. "They announced a caliphate, but the scholars rejected it as illegitimate. It is not based on Islamic law," Golani said,