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Three businesses in Glasgow have been included in a list of ‘target’ sites in the UK by fanatics linked to ISIS.

In messages encouraging aspiring terrorists to carry out ‘lone wolf’ attacks on the UK’s Jewish community, the three locations on the south side of the city are listed in posts on pro-ISIS social media channel Lone Mujahid.

The information comes from Spanish ISIS monitoring group Asesoria de Inteligencia y Consultoria de Seguridad (the Spanish Consultancy of Intelligence and Security or AICS), where analysts there have labelled the social media channel as “very dangerous” owing to its distribution of explosive manuals and attack procedures, thought to have been used by ISIS sympathisers in Europe.

Their report, seen by Glasgow Live and dated July 14, indicates that information concerning businesses and shops owned by Jewish people in the UK is being shared widely amongst Islamist propaganda sites tied to ISIS.

Contained within the list are the business locations and opening times alongside information about the proprietors themselves.

The AICS report ends by concluding that, given the information “they cannot rule out that some types of hostile action could be levelled against some of the listed establishments.”

The news comes shortly after recent media reports that the same pro ISIS social media channel urged its followers to carry out similar attacks at this year’s Women’s Euro 2017 tournament in Holland, which includes Scotland amongst the nations competing.

It’s not the first time that Glasgow has found itself sharing headlines concerning ISIS. In November 2013, then teenager Aqsa Mahmood dropped out of Glasgow Caledonian University and left her home in Glasgow to travel to ISIS-held territory in Syria. She then appeared on different social media channels urging British Muslims to join ISIS and carry out terror attacks on home soil.

It is feared that as many as 30 Scots are believed to have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the extremist groups over the past few years.

Meanwhile, in August 2015, a married British couple living in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, told undercover reporters that a girl from Glasgow had been recruited to launch an attack, with the VJ commemorations in London being mentioned as a possible location.

Back in May this year, Glasgow Central Mosque in the Gorbals was targeted by vandals, who sprayed a love heart with the word “ISIS” inside it onto one of the Mosque’s outer partitions. The graffiti was widely shared on social media prior to being removed by Glasgow City Council.

Police Scotland told Glasgow Live: "We are aware of the information and at this time there is no specific intelligence to suggest an attack will take place.

“Officers continue to work closely with the Jewish Community to provide reassurance and anyone with information or concerns is asked to contact their local police station via 101."

* Glasgow Live has made the decision not to publish the names or details of the businesses named on the list.