It seems that the Argentinians were not the only ones to celebrate Lionel Messi’s goal last week during a World Cup game against Iran.

Sunni militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has violently seized control of swathes of Iraq this month, has also congratulated the football star for defeating their “enemy,” The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

The group took to social media to praise Messi for his last minute goal on June 21, during the Iran-Argentina game, and invited him to “join the jihadist call.”

“ISIS congratulates Messi and invites him to join the jihadist call and awards him the title of the Argentinian father of goals and the King of South America,” the militant group wrote on its twitter account responding to the #Iran_Argentina.

Since the beginning of the World Cup, pro-ISIS tweeters, who are very active on social media, have been hijacking the #WorldCup2014 hashtag to promote news of gains in Iraq, according to Agence France-Presse.

Western Muslims are an important target of ISIS’s social media propaganda. The group ensures most of its media productions are translated into as many Western languages as possible.

Despite their loss against Argentina, the Iranian national team still stands a chance of making it to the second round for the first time in history as they face already-eliminated Bosnia on Wednesday night.

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