India amongst the countries targetted by ISIS

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the commander of the insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has vowed war against many countries including India which he says have been violating Muslims' rights.

Baghdadi, in a speech released yesterday, said that Muslims' rights were being violated in India, China, Palestine, Somalia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Caucasus, Sham (the Levant), the Philippines, Ahvaz, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Morocco.

The inclusion of India in ISIS targets has raised fears about Indians trapped in Iraqi cities controlled by the Islamist group.

Earlier this week, Baghdadi was declared as the leader of the Islamic caliphate that the ISIS seeks to create. The Islamic group also announced him the amir al-mumineen, or commander of the faithful.

The Islamis State has already expanded its control to northern Iraq, including the cities of Mosul and Tikrit.