British florist says 'I'm not scared' after ISIS use his picture in their sick propaganda
A CHESHIRE florist has fired back at Islamic State militants by declaring "I'm not scared" after the terrorists used his picture in their twisted propaganda.
Stephen Leyland has fired back at ISIS
Stephen Leyland said he was shocked by the threats and it had "come as a bit of a shock".
A picture of Mr Leyland appeared in ISIS's terror-promoting magazine "Rumiyah", written in English.
Rumiyah magazine is one of the twisted ways ISIS spreads its propaganda
I'm not scared but I am concerned that the photo is in this magazine
The 64-year-old said: "It has come as a bit of a shock. When I was first contacted I thought it was a wind-up. I really don't know what to do.
"I'm not scared but I am concerned that the photo is in this magazine.
"I don't know any jihadis. My customers are the Alderley Edge crowd footballers' wives and those sort of people."
The magazine encourages would-be murderers to take "even the blood of a merry Crusader citizen selling flowers to passersby".
The picture clearly shows Stephen Leyland's photo in ISIS propaganda
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Rumiyah also called for Mr Leyland's death, placing his picture under the shocking headline "The Kafir's (infidels) blood is halal for you, so shed it".
The 38-page magazine is part of a series of twisted propaganda publications Daesh pumps out to its followers encouraging others to commit horrific acts of violence towards Westerners.
Counter-terrorism experts have since interviewed Mr Leyland.
The florist said: "They said that the Foreign Secretary (Boris Jonhnson) had asked about it."
The publication comes as the depraved death-cult has been losing ground in both Iraq and Syria
Charlie Winter, a researcher who has examined ISIS propaganda, said of Rumiyah: “Intriguingly, it features relatively little original content, suggesting Isis is having to cut corners in its media operations.”
It comes as the depraved death-cult has been losing ground in both Iraq and Syria.
The evil jihadis have been driven back from the Syrian town of Manbij and the Syrian-Turkish border in recent weeks.