IS Orders Aspiring Terrorists: Wear a Cross, Shave Beards

Islamic State extremists are advising their supporters and recruits in the West to shave their beards and pretend to be Christians to help evade detection by intelligence services as they plot so-called "lone wolf" terror attacks. In 58 pages of do’s and don’ts for aspiring terrorists — an online manual adapted from a handbook once issued by its extremist rivals in al-Qaida — the Islamic State group tells supporters to encrypt their emails, recommends which cellphone apps are...

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