As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the world, jihadist groups have offered their own take on the situation and have even offered advice on how to mitigate its effect.
Both the al Qaeda-linked Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) and the Islamic State have publicly commented on the virus.
In a video released late last month, the TIP, a predominately Uighur jihadist organization, framed the coronavirus outbreak in China as “punishment from God” for the state’s oppression of the Uighur minority.
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