ISIS calls for voter slaughter

The Islamic State group, or ISIS, has called for “slaughter” of American voters on Election Day and urged Muslims not to participate in the democratic process, according to a US-based terrorist monitoring group.

Ritz Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, said on Twitter that the threats appear in an essay carried by ISIS Al Hayat media centre that declares militants “have come to slaughter you and smash your ballot boxes.”

The warning is carried in a seven-page manifesto, entitled “The Murtadd Vote”, USA Today reported.

The essay, which uses lengthy religious arguments in an effort to justify such attacks, also declares there is no difference between the Republican and Democratic parties in their “policies against Islam and Muslims”.

Mr Katz posted excerpts of the essay on Twitter, saying the ISIS was inciting attacks on Election Day “in an attempt to disrupt the election process and gain media attention.”

The full essay, in English, includes a photograph of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine, as well as a photo Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim US soldier killed in combat, holding a copy of the US constitution during his dramatic speech.