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epa04300524 A photograph made from a video released on 05 July 2014 by the jihadist affiliated group Furqan Media via their twitter account allegedly showing Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon during Friday prayers at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, 04 July 2014. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ruler of the self-styled caliphate recently proclaimed by the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), appears in a video said to be filmed inside a mosque in Mosul where he is delivering a sermon. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared an Islamist caliphate in the territory under the group’s control in Iraq and Syria earlier this week. EPA/FURQAN MEDIA / HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. EPA IS USING AN IMAGE FROM AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE AND CANNOT PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF CONTENT, AUTHENTICITY, PLACE, DATE AND SOURCE. HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES