ISIS and other extremist Islamic groups are using honey trap methods to lure in and capture allegedly gay men.

A source inside ISIS-controlled territory told the Daily Star: ‘They set up dates to coax them into being arrested and executed.’

ISIS’ religious police, the Hisbah, have a special squad of young fighters whose task it is to trick gay men into going on dates with them, according to the Daily Mail.

They aim to wipe out homosexuality, which is haram, or banned, under Islam, from Iraq, Syria and Libya, according to the Star’s source.

If men go on dates with the fighters, the extremists see it as proof for their homosexuality; a ‘crime’ which, under ISIS, is punished by death.

‘Sometimes the men are lucky if they have money and can pay a ransom,’ the Star’s source said.

‘But often they are taken straight to their deaths.’

Men are often thrown off roofs; those who survive the fall have been seen to be stoned to death by a mob watching the execution.

Other Islamist groups, including the Syrian Al Nusra who are closely linked to Al Qaeda, have been known to use similar methods to capture gay men.