Moheisini says ISIL 'foiled his Ummah Initiative' to end fight with Islamist rebels

The Saudi preacher Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Moheisini has accused the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) of foiling his Initiative which called for an immediate ceasefire with Islamist rebels after one month of fighting.

Al-Moheisini, based in Aleppo province, has expressed shock in a statement posted online for what he had seen and heard by the ISIL militants who insisted to fight rebels and more over to put them in the levels of enmity with Bashar Al Assad’s forces.  

Moheisini also said in video statement that he had documented many abuses by ISIL as killing civilians and bombing water resources and many life utilities, wondering what is the reason behind to do such acts.

The Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant (ISIL) said that it had never rejected Sheikh al-Moheisini‘s proposal for reconciliation, The Victorious Party In the Land of Ash-Sham, pro-ISIL group, said in a statement posted on its social media pages

The ISIL never rejected Sheikh al-Moheisini's proposal but asked to questions prior to any agreement, the statement said.

The statement came as a response to video statement last Monday by Sheikh Abu Abdullah Al Hamawi (Hassan Abboud), leader of Ahrar Al Sham and the political head of Islamic Front, accused the the State of  refusing the initiative.

 The ISIl has described the Supreme Military Council (SMC) and the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) as apostates, “as they are working with the enemies of Islam and taking directives from them. So, their ruling towards them will be different then someone who views them as Muslims,” the statement said.

ISIL effectively condemned insurgent factions for working with foreign governments and their intelligence services, asking for “the lawful manner” of dealing with the opposition factions.

Nearly 1,400 people have been killed in Syria since clashes between rebel forces and the jihadist (ISIL) erupted this month, AFP reported.

“The number of people killed in fighting between the ISIL and rebel forces since January 3 has risen to 1,395,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Clashes between rebels and jihadists from ISIL erupted early in January after months of rising tensions.

 In relevant development, Al-Qaeda's general command has disavowed all links with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a statement posted online.

The statement, published late on Sunday, reiterated a previous peremptory statement in which the group's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri ordered ISIL to disband and return to Iraq, and adding that Jabhat al-Nusra was al-Qaeda's official branch in Syria.

"Al-Qaeda announces it is not linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as it was not informed of its creation [and] did not accept it," read Sunday's statement, which criticised ISIL's mode of operations.

ISIL "is not a branch of al-Qaeda, has no links to it, and the [al-Qaeda] group is not responsible for its acts," it added.

"We affirm our disavowal from the sedition that is occurring in Syria between factions of jihadists, and from the blood that was shed by any party," it said.