[6][7][8] Originally inspired by late Al-Qaeda ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki, Profetens Ummah has later pledged support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

[11] In September 2012, in connection to the worldwide Reactions to Innocence of Muslims the organization held a demonstration of around 150 people in front of the United States embassy in Oslo.

[12] During the demonstrations, which included several ex-convicts, the speakers praised the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, whom a group spokesperson called "the most learned Muslim who has stood up for Islam".

The monitoring was escalated following reports that several members of the group had gained hunting licenses and begun the process of acquiring firearms.

[17] As a result of these actions, Profetens Ummah in November of that year for the first time held a press conference in Oslo, where they verbally attacked the police, the security services as well as the media.

They stated that Norway was a dictatorship, that the press were involved in a witch-hunt on Islamists, and that all Muslims worldwide should demonstr ate in front of Norwegian embassies.

[20] Other members, such as Arfan Bhatti believed that receiving any assistance from the Kuffar (non-believers), including welfare, is specifically forbidden according to the Shari'ah law.

[22] Furthermore, the group's leader (or Amiir) Hussain had reportedly married a Kurdish woman in secret, against her family's wishes and without prior consultation, which was in direct violation of the Islamic marital practices.

[27] According to the Norwegian Police Security Service, then-leader Ubaydullah Hussain was a de facto member of ISIL in the period between August 2013 to December 2015.

[10] Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, one of the perpetrators of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya had contacts with central members of the group.