Shumukh al-Islam (Arabic: شموخ الإسلام, lit.
'The Glory of Islam') is an online password protected Jihadist forum that disseminates pro-Islamic State and pro-Al-Qaeda ideals and propaganda.
[2][3] The forum was created in 2007 by Nabil Amdouni,[4] it was created as a way to promote recruitment and illicit tutorials.
[6] In 2011, a forum member under the alias "Umar al-Basrawi" on the forum made death threats and assassination threats to/about David Letterman for mocking Ilyas Kashmiri's death,[7] which a couple days later, Letterman would make jokes about the threats on the Late Show with David Letterman.
[8] Though the forum has never given an actual stance on if it has a parent group, the forum has shown support to the Islamic State,[9] Al-Qaeda,[10] and splinter groups of Al-Qaeda like Al-Nusra front.