Gilad Shiloach

The Islamic State published the names and addresses of thousands of churches in the United States and called on its adherents to attack them during the holiday season, according to a message posted late-night Wednesday in the group’s “Secrets of Jihadis” social media group.

Jihadi media activists are orchestrating a new campaign on social networks in an attempt to ratchet up pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama. The ISIS militants want Obama to respond to their threats to execute American captive journalist Steven Sotloff.

Omar el-Hussein, who carried out the two deadly attacks last weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark, had prepared his Facebook profile for his upcoming death. He did this by using a new Facebook feature that allows users to turn their personal page into a memorial page. The 22-year-old’s account, which has now been removed from the site, showed el-Hussein’s jihadi name—Abu Ramadan al-Muhajir—and included the “remembering” epithet above his name on the cover photo.