Terror threat

Islamic State Paying Migrants’ Smuggling Fees if They Join Jihad

Islamic State has targeted hundreds of ‘refugees’ and migrants heading towards Europe, calling on them to wage Jihad on the West and offering to pay for them to be smuggled to Europe if they join.

The claims, made in an up-and-coming report by the counter-extremism thinktank Quilliam, seen by the Guardian, says that IS has offered up to £1,600 to migrants in camps in Lebanon and Jordan if they’re willing to be recruited.

Focusing on migrants is now a staple tactic of the Islamist terror groups Islamic State, the Taliban, al-Qaida, al-Shabaab and Boko Haram, as all five organisation mentioned ‘refugees’ every day in their online material between June 13th 2016 and January 8th 2017, analysis found.