SI ▁after ▁Ab u ▁Bak r ▁al - Bag hd adi ▁created ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State ▁of ▁Ira q ▁and ▁the ▁Lev ant , ▁he ▁remained ▁loyal ▁to ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁State . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁e ul ogy ▁by ▁IS , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁split ▁he ▁requested ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁a ▁suic ide ▁attack ▁but ▁was ▁sp otted ▁by ▁Ab u ▁Muhammad ▁al - F ur q an , ▁who ▁brought ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁groups ▁media ▁department . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁chief ▁editor ▁of ▁D abi q ▁magazine ▁which ▁was ▁created ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁collaboration ▁between ▁him ▁and ▁Ab u ▁Muhammad ▁al - F ur q an . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁IS , ▁his ▁" pro fic iency ▁in ▁Sh aria ▁knowledge " ▁resulted ▁in ▁him ▁being ▁entr usted ▁by ▁al - F ur q an ▁" to ▁draft ▁his ▁ideas ▁into ▁articles , ▁which ▁he ▁did ▁under ▁the ▁pen ▁name ▁" A bu ▁M ays ar ah ▁ash - Sh ami ▁[...] ▁and ▁while ▁many ▁attempts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁un cover ▁his ▁identity , ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁ended ▁in ▁failure ." ▁ ▁Writing ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Ab u ▁M ays ar ah , ▁he ▁became ▁famous ▁for ▁his ▁fier ce ▁condem n ation ▁of ▁al - Q a eda , ▁which ▁he ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁" J ew s ▁of ▁J ih ad " ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁article . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁R umi y ah ▁magazine ▁which ▁was