ISIS supporters are celebrating the deadly Hurricane Irma which they pray will ‘drown the enemies of Islam’.
As the deadly storm thundered through the Caribbean on Thursday, wiping out islands and ripping babies from their mothers’ arms, thousands in Florida and Georgia fled their homes in fear of where it will go next.
But Islamist fanatics embraced the disaster, paying no heed to the many mosques Irma threatens to take out along with the rest of its victims.
On The Monotheist Page, a Facebook account which supports the terrorist group, one post on Wednesday said: ‘May Allah drown the enemies of Islam and force them to their knees to be subdued.’
ISIS supporters including the Facebook group The Monotheist Page celebrated Hurricane Irma on social media and prayed for it to ‘drown the enemies of Islam’
The post included several weather maps detailing Irma’s strength and path which had originally been posted by the Media Studies Center.
Another post, showing a birds-eye view of the hurricane’s terrifying eye, was accompanied with the caption: ‘Made duaa [pray] tonight that Allah destroy them, and shake them, and restrain their might to heal the hearts of the Muslims bombed in Mosul, Raqqa, and elsewhere!’
One person described the might of the storm as ‘the power of Allah’.
Others said it was payback for the US which they said has ‘destroyed’ the cities of Mosul and Raqqa in Iraq and Syria.
‘Destroy them, drown them, annihilate them,’ the person continued.
Their vile posts were the minority among thousands of other Muslims prayed for the safety of those in the storm’s path.
Others prayed for the hurricane to ‘destroy’ and ‘shake’ the US to ‘heal the hearts of Muslims bombed in Mosul, Raqqa and elsewhere’
One social media user said the storm was ‘the power of Allah’ and shared this satellite aerial view of its eye
Another person, sharing a photograph of a traffic jam as thousands fled their homes in Georgia and Florida, said the hurricane was ‘the reward’ for ‘crimes against Muslims’
Trump critics meanwhile hoped coldly for the hurricane to hit his Mar-a-Lago estate, with some saying they would give it ‘bonus points’ if it took out the president with it.
‘Dear God if you’re up there, give us a sign. Like Irma only destroying Mar-a-Lago. Thanks,’ said one Twitter user.
Others were more violent in their wishes.
‘I pray that Hurricane Irma makes landfall at Mar-a-Lago while Trump is there. Amen,’ said one.
Trump critics said they hoped the hurricane would wipe out his Florida estate and take him with it
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home (above) faces destruction as Irma barrels towards the south east coast of Florida
Another hoped for the entire first family to be hit.
‘I would be pleased if Irma just hit Mar a Lago like a bullseye & leave the rest of the US alone. Bonus if #45 & family were there,’ they said.
Hurricane Irma has already claimed 18 lives in the Caribbean and threatens to kill more as it barrels towards the east coast of America.
Mandatory evacuations are in place in parts of Miami, the entire Florida keys and on the Georgia coast.
Irma started as a Category 5 storm but has since been downgraded to a Category 4.
Thousands have been forced to abandon their homes in Florida and Georgia as Irma approaches. Above, traffic on the northpoint Interstate 75 in Georgia earlier this week as the storm ravaged the Caribbean
Irma has already claimed 18 lives in the Caribbean. Above, the devastation caused by the storm in Nagua, Dominican Republic, on Thursday