FIFA World Cup: ISIS asks Messi to 'join jihad' after goal against Iran

 The Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has congratulated the Argentine playmaker for his match-winning goal against Iran in the football World Cup clash last weekend

Lionel Messi's fan following has reached Iraq. The Islamic States of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has congratulated the Argentine playmaker for his match-winning goal against Iran in the football World Cup clash last weekend, reported Arabic news agency Mahr, as translated by the Brookings Institution’s Hanif Zarrabi-Kashani.

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The Sunni militant group went a step further by asking Messi to “join the jihadist call.” ISIS is currently fighting in Iraq and Syria.

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