Before Sunday , the Algerian group Jund al Islam was little known . The recent beheading of a French hiker changed that . The group cited an appeal by their spokesman Ali al - Adnani . That appeal was for his followers to ' ` ` the spiteful and filthy French ''
Before Sunday , the Algerian group Jund al Khilafa was little known . The videotaped beheading of a French hiker changed that . The group cited an appeal by ISIS spokesman Muhammad al-Adnani . That appeal was for ISIS followers to kill `` the spiteful and filthy French ''