An Egyptian couple horrified guests at their wedding by hiring fake jihadis to hijack the ceremony and force them in to a cage in a shocking imitation of the burning to death of a Jordanian pilot . The marriage ceremony was held in Menoufia , north of Cairo and saw masked men storm the venue and order the bride and groom to climb in to a cage at knife point . The only members of the wedding party who knew about the pretend 'attack ' in advance were the groom , his best men and wedding photographer Ahmed Kassem - although the bride is said to have been told to expect something 'different ' from the ceremony . It is unclear from the video whether the bride and groom are Muslim or Christian . Scroll down for video . Hijacked : The marriage ceremony was held in Menoufia , north of Cairo , and saw masked men storm the venue and order the bride and groom to climb in to a cage at knife point . Trapped : The fake jihadis took control of the ceremony and force the bride and groom in to a cage in a shocking imitation of the burning to death of a Jordanian pilot . Video footage of the ceremony shows one of the groom 's knife-wielding best men wearing a black balaclava and religious song - known as a nasheed - that has previously featured prominently in genuine Islamic State propaganda videos . Having stormed the stage , the men force the couple to climb in to a cage in a chilling imitation of the ISIS video that showed Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh being burnt alive earlier this year . Once inside the cage the couple stand up and dance while guests clap and cheer them on . Not everybody was enamoured by the proceedings , however , with the Youm7 newspaper reporting that several of the wedding guests mistakenly thought it was a genuine terrorist attack . It is believed that even the bride was unaware at what the groom had planned , and that the only people aware of the 'attack ' in advance were the best men playing the roles of jihadis , and the photographer , who had been ordered to make sure everything was caught on camera . The only members of the wedding party who knew about the pretend 'attack ' in advance were the as yet unnamed groom , his best men and wedding photographer Ahmed Kassem . The bride was not aware . Once inside the cage the couple stood up and danced while guests clapped and cheered them on . Having stormed the stage , the men force the couple to climb in to a cage in a chilling imitation of the ISIS video that showed Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh being burnt alive earlier this year ( pictured ) The ISIS-themed wedding came just weeks after the burning to death of Mu'ath al-Kassasbeh in the terror group 's power base Raqqa . Shortly afterwards ISIS militants paraded dozens of captured Peshmerga fighters in simular metal cages through the streets of northern Iraq . Last month ISIS terrorists in Libya carried out the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea close to the militant-held port town of Derna . Egypt responded to the atrocity by carrying out sustained airstrikes on ISIS targets in Libya , where radical Islamist group 's are increasing in both number and power amid the ongoing chaotic fallout from the 2011 death of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi . Egypt is battling its own Islamic State-linked insurgency on the Sinai Peninsula , which has killed scores of people in a wave of terror attacks and mass beheadings so far in 2015 .
Groom convinced best men to pretend to be ISIS terrorists at his wedding . He had told wife-to-be to expect something 'different ' at their ceremony . Masked , knife-wielding men forced the couple in to a cage in a shocking imitation of the murder of Islamic pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh . Couple then started dancing in the cage to the claps and cheers of guests . Some of the wedding party mistakenly thought it was a genuine attack .