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Posters By Pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Media Outlets Present Perpetrators Of Attacks In The West As Role Models, Encourage Media Incitement Of Jihad
On May 23, 2025, the Islamic State (ISIS) official English-language Halummu media outlet published English translations of two posters by unofficial pro-ISIS media groups inciting attacks in the West and media jihad. Both posters' texts consist of excerpts from editorials in ISIS weekly Al-Naba'.
One poster, titled "Incitement Is a Necessity and a Virtue," was originally released in Arabic by the Al-Murhafat Foundation and is based on the editorial in issue 305 of Al-Naba'. Encouraging media operatives to incite jihad, it depicts a hooded figure sitting in front of a laptop. The poster's text declares: "The jihadi media workers must put their efforts to perfect the ways of incitement and knock on the hearts of Muslims" to convince them of "the eternal [bliss] of being killed for the sake of Allah." It adds: "Just like the mujahid never leaves his weapon in battle, so should the inciter for jihad possess the tools to support him in his mission, and develop himself and learn the ways to fulfill his blessed mission, [since] because of that the jihad continues …"
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