THE Islamic State has praised the work of Man Haron Monis during the Sydney siege attack, and called upon others to copy his “daring raid”.

The controversial edition of the English-language magazine known as Dabiq was posted online today, and went as far to suggest that the slain hostages - Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson - were punished as “disbelievers”.

The article claimed Monis’ past indiscretions which included allegations of being involved in the murder of his ex-wife and sexually assaulting several women are now forgiven.

In a disturbing threat, the group claims in its magazine more terror attacks will be launched - inspired by Monis.

“There will be others who follow the examples set by Man Haron Monis and Numan Haider in Australia, Martin Couture-Rouleau and Michael Zehaf-Bibeau in Canada, Zale Thompson in America, and Bertrand Nzohabonayo in France, and all that the West will be able to do is to anxiously await the next round of slaughter and then issue the same tired, cliché statements in condemnation of it when it occurs,” it said.

“The Muslims will continue to defy the kāfir war machine, flanking the crusaders on their own streets and bringing the war back to their own soil.”

Reflecting on Monis’ actions in Sydney where 17 hostages were held for 16 hours in the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place, it stated Monis “brought terror to the entire nation” and erased his history of “shirk and transgression”.

It also claimed: “This month, an attack was carried out in Sydney by Man Haron Monis, a Muslim who resolved to join the mujāhidīn of the Islamic State in their war against the crusader coalition”.

“He did not do so by undertaking the journey to the lands of the Khilāfah and fighting side-by-side with his brothers but rather, by acting alone and striking the kuffār [non-believers] where it would hurt them most – in their own lands and on the very streets that they presumptively walk in safety.

“It didn’t take much; he got hold of a gun and stormed a cafe taking everyone inside hostage. Yet in doing so, he prompted mass panic, brought terror to the entire nation, and triggered an evacuation of parts of Sydney’s central business district. The blessings in his efforts were apparent from the very outset.”

The death cult magazine also states: “After a lengthy standoff, brother Man Haron Monis was killed. His daring raid ended with two kāfir hostages dead, and four others wounded, including a police officer. Thus, he added his name to the list of Muslims who answered the Khilāfah’s call to strike those waging war against the Islamic State wherever they may be, and thereby has his past history of shirk and transgression completely erased...”

It also quoted previous posts Monis published on his website, where he pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

“The new Man Haron Monis was a mujahid in the path of Allah,” it said.

“He declared himself to be upon pure tawhid (monotheism) and from Ahlus-Sunnah (Sunni Islam), announced his bay’ah to Khalīfah Ibrāhim alQurashī, and then marched forward to terrorize the kuffār (disbelievers) and bring victory to Allah’s religion.”

The claims from IS about Monis’ attack comes as the group also published an alleged interview with the Jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern Syria.

In his statements in the extremist group’s Dabiq magazine, First Lietuenant Muadh al-Kasasbeh says his F-16 was shot down on Wednesday by a heat-seeking missile near the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa.

He says he ejected from the aircraft and landed in the Euphrates River, where he was taken captive by IS fighters.

The young pilot allegedly told his interviewer that he was sweeping the Raqqa area, capital of the Islamic State, in a party that included Saudi F-15s, Emirati F-16s, and Moroccan F-16s.

“My plane was struck by a heat-seeking missile. I heard and felt its hit. The other Jordanian pilot in the mission — the first lieutenant pilot Saddām Mardīnī — contacted me from a participating jet and told me that I was struck and that fire was coming out of the rear nozzle of my engine. I checked the system display and it indicated that the engine was damaged and burning. The plane began to deviate from its normal flight path, so I ejected. I landed in the Furāt River by parachute and the seat caught on some ground, keeping me fixed, until I was captured by soldiers of the Islamic State,” it states.

He reportedly told his captors that the flight missions were being coordinated out of US bases in Qatar, where the American pilots enjoyed eating mansaf, the national dish of Jordan, with others in the international team.

“Have you seen videos produced by the Islamic State?” the interviewer asked.

“No, I haven’t,” the pilot reportedly said.

“We will make sure the jailers provide you with the opportunity to see ‘Although the Disbelievers Dislike It.’ Do you know what the Islamic State will do with you?” the magazine interviewer continues.

“Yes… They will kill me…”

The United States has denied that the Islamic State group shot down the Jordanian aircraft.