ICC Note: After the deadliest attack against Egyptian Christians in years, the Islamic State has threatened to increase their attacks against the Christians of the world in the Christmas season. Diplomatic officials have been expecting an increase in attacks against Middle East Christians but are now also concern for a wider strike against the Western church and world. This comes at a time when ISIS in both Iraq and Syria are facing an end to their reign by military forces retaking the strongholds.

12/19/2016 Egypt (Personal Liberty): After a deadly attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt earlier this month, the Islamic State is threatening to wage jihad against Christians in other parts of the world during the height of Christmas celebrations.

According to the SITE Intelligence Group, ISIS leaders have vowed to increase efforts to attack “polytheism,” a term the organization has used in the past to denote any religion other than their own, over the Christmas holiday.

“Let all the disbelievers and apostates in Egypt and everywhere know that our war on polytheism is ongoing, and that the State of the Caliphate – with permission from Allah the Almighty – will continue to spill their blood and grill their bodies, so that there is no sedition and the religion is all for Allah,” the terror group said in a statement.

U.S. and British diplomatic officials are already planning for an increase in ISIS violence against Christians in the Middle East in the coming days. But security experts are warning that the threat of terror attacks in the west similar to the massacre in Nice, France, are also a real possibility over the holiday.

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