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ISIS plans to flood Europe with fighters who have married to get coveted EU passports

The goal is to create Islamic cells in Europe

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ISIS militants are on a mission to marry European citizens so as to create Islamic cells in the heart of the continent from where they can attract new recruits for jihad. Daily News Egypt states that one of the ISIS recruiters has revealed that it is easy for militants to travel freely around Europe as they have EU passports in their possession.

He admitted that the situation is more difficult following the multiple terrorist attacks on November 13 as police are more clued in on the plan.

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He said that 80% of members of the Islamic state have sinned by marrying women that are not muslim, however he stressed that they have repented and God has forgiven them.

The UK is pinpointed as the place where there are greater possiblities of recruit, however Belgium and Germany also have aspiring fighters due to the isolating characters of these societies.

Fake passportsGerman newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag reports that ISIS has acquired blank passports in Syria, Iraq and Libya. The “tens of thousands” of passports coul be issued to would-be attackers to enter the EU, having been stolen in ISIS-controlled areas.

Die Welt also claims that ISIS, also known as Daesh, has launched a money-spinning operation with the fake documents, selling them on the black market.

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