article_snippet: But, the influence of Islamic State in the whole country is increasing.
article_snippet: Last September, an IS spokesman issued a chilling online call to arms to Egyptian radicals saying: ‘If you can kill a disbelieving American or European . . . including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, kill him.
article_snippet: In November the Sinai-based, Al Qaeda-inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) group pledged allegiance to IS.
article_snippet: Recently, there has been growing concern that Islamic State is garnering support there .
article_snippet: In 2011, MOROCCO’s reputation as a country relatively free from extremism was shattered when an explosion ripped through a Marrakesh restaurant in a popular tourist spot.
article_snippet: It was the first major terror attack in the country for eight years.
article_snippet: says the government there has recently raised the government there level of vigilance due to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
article_snippet: Concern about the possible influence of IS was compounded last year when IS released a video featuring eight Moroccan IS members who said they ‘intend to bring jihad to Moroccan soil’.
article_snippet: While Islamic terrorists have largely left it alone, the government there said the government there foiled a plot in 2012.
article_snippet: Recently, there has been growing concern that Islamic State is garnering support there.