Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari ( ar, حارث غازي النظاري'; died 31 January 2015) was a senior sharia official of the

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ( ar-at, تنظيم القاعدة في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm al-Qā‘idah fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, lit=Organization of the Base in the Arabian Peninsula or , ''Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jaz� ...

(AQAP) based in

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. Al-Nadhari has featured in many of AQAP's propaganda videos such as rebuking the

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announcement of expanding their caliphate into Yemen and renewing loyalties to al-Qaeda Emir Ayman al-Zawahiri. In his address, al-Nadhari stated ''"The announcement of the caliphate for all Muslims by our brothers in the Islamic State did not meet the required conditions. The policy of our brothers in the Islamic State split the ranks of the mujahideen, and scattered them, in this sensitive phase in the history of the mujahid ummah ommunity This is one of the absolutely forbidden matters in the religion of Allah."''. On 9 January, a speech of Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari claimed AQAP's responsibility for the

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, citing the motive as " revenge for the honor" of Muhammad. On 31 January 2015 al-Nadhari and three other AQAP militants were killed by a US drone strike.Yemen al-Qaeda militant al-Nadhari killed by US drone
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