{"id":29416,"date":"2017-09-29T16:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/29\/following-baghdadi-message-isis-warns-muslims-to-avoid-public-places-in-europe-america-and-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:52:47","slug":"following-baghdadi-message-isis-warns-muslims-to-avoid-public-places-in-europe-america-and-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/29\/following-baghdadi-message-isis-warns-muslims-to-avoid-public-places-in-europe-america-and-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS warns Muslims to avoid public places in Europe, America, and Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Islamic State group has sent out a message to its followers warning them to avoid public places in the U.S., Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Australia, and Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message was first discovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a think tank located in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message warns Muslims to avoid these public places because \u201cthese places are targets of the soldiers of the caliphate,\u201d the message reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warning comes after ISIS leader Baghdadi released an audio message to his followers following major territorial losses in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\t