Latest ISIS PR Move: Jihadists and Their Cats

The Islamist State of Iraq and the Levant, aka ISIL or ISIS, aka the successor to al-Qaeda in Iraq, has taken social media terrorism to a whole new level since the group began storming through Iraqi cities. In addition to tweeting pictures of their parades, guns, swimming parties, shopping, cupcakes and truck decals…

#حملة_المليار_مسلم_لنصرة_الدولة_الإسلامية AllEyesOnISIS# من #قطر .. نصرة لدولة الإسلام pic.twitter.com/WwiybBx65G

— Islamic State Media (@ISIS_Conquests) June 20, 2014

Cupcake yapmislar Isis icin:/ RT @ahmetmatar11 Support from South Africa to the Islamic State #ISIS pic.twitter.com/3aYIDi3BTN

— canan (@jbck24) June 20, 2014

ISIS shopping for clothes in Raqqa. #syria pic.twitter.com/59BqEgyHD8

— Brenda StoterBoscolo (@BrendaStoter) June 20, 2014

Selfies delay drive on Baghdad RT @Islam4Sham #Live_the_cause #Islamic_State of #Iraq & #Sham #mujahideen pic.twitter.com/7iiwZSvWvj

— Bridget Johnson (@Bridget_PJM) June 25, 2014

Now, apparently jihadists and their cats are a thing, because what better way to burnish their pop-culture creds than furry animals?

Did you know: Cats can drink from the water for ablution(pre-prayer wash) in Islam? :) pic.twitter.com/85JpYn368r

— Islamic State of Cat (@ISILCats) June 25, 2014

Most important thing to put in your ammunition vest and bring to battle is a kitten – Abu Hamza #ISILCats pic.twitter.com/bp4ddPztTO

— Islamic State of Cat (@ISILCats) June 25, 2014