Isis issues chilling Easter threat urging followers to target churches and synagogues across Europe

Peter Stevens
Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:42:07 +0000

Isis has called on supporters to carry out arson attacks on synagogues and churches worldwide in a new propaganda message.

The Islamist terror group urged followers to act in response to the closure of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

In its weekly propaganda outlet al-Naba, Isis said: "In the face of the tragedy of the closure of the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque, it is incumbent upon Muslims everywhere - those who yearn to come to the aid of the site of their Prophet’s Night Journey - to rise up and set fire to the Jewish synagogues scattered across America, Europe, Russia, India, and elsewhere.

"The same applies to the synagogues in Tunisia, Morocco, the UAE, and Syria; their locations are well-known, and their details have been published."

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The propaganda paper called for attacks on "Jewish gatherings" and ordered its supporters to "emulate the actions of the Sydney Heroes" - a reference to last year's Bondi Beach terror attacks in Australia.

Israeli authorities have closed al-Aqsa, which sits on the Temple Mount, until mid April.

Both Jews and Muslims believe the Temple Mount to be a holiday site.

The Palestinian Authority has condemned the closure of the mosque, which has remained open since 1967.

The most recent call to violence comes after a detention centre housing Syrian and Iraqi people displaced by the war announced that it experienced mass escapes.

Fadi al Qassem, the Syrian foreign ministry's representative for al Hol camp administration, told Sky News: "Families escaped while we were present because the camp is large and the smuggling routes are very varied."

He said that by the time Syrian authorities stormed the base, it was largely emptied.

However, he added that there was evidence of fake passports and forged piece of documentation.

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Mr al Qassem said remaining families could be moved to Akhtarin and Jarabulus in northern Aleppo province, near the Turkish border, where container units and concrete shelters are already in place.

Those who escaped outside of official channels were being tracked down with some assistance from the UN's Refugee agency (UNHCR).

Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR representative based in Syria, said the authority had alerted families who remained in the camp and asked for support to relocate families.

On March 9, two men outside Gracie Mansion - the official residence of the New York City Mayor - were charged for attempting to detonate two improvised explosive devices amongst protesters and were allegedly supporters of the Islamic terror group.

At the time, the now-fired Pam Bondi said: "We will not allow ISIS’s poisonous, anti-American ideology to threaten this nation.

"Our law enforcement officers will remain vigilant, as they were when these devices were brought to a protest."

And on March 12, one man killed a Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, after the shooter was allegedly radicalised during a visit to Nigeria.