According to the Middle East Media Research Institute's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (MEMRI-JTTM), the Taliban issued issue No. 196 of their official Arabic-language monthly magazine, Al-Somood, which included an essay equating Kabul to Jerusalem.
An analogy is drawn between Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, and its "sister city" in the editorial.
When Kabul was released from "the oppressive American occupation that lasted 20 years," the writer claims, it was the first of the two cities to attain liberty.
The Kabul municipality dedicated a replica of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock on May 18.
According to the report, the replica symbolises the Islamic nation's unity and serves as a "reminder of the perils, threats, and continuous violations to which Al-Haram Al-Sharif [the Arabic name for the Temple Mount including the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque] has been subjected."
Several ISIS followers, according to MEMRI, have expressed their displeasure with the proposal.
The Al-Adiyat Foundation, a pro-ISIS media source, created a poster claiming that the construction of a Dome of the Rock model was first proposed by Libya's former leader Moammar Gaddafi and was widely derided at the time.
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