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Merchants of death: ISIS souvenirs hit the market

Hate merchants are peddling hoodies, T-shirts and dolls branded with the logo of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The ghoulish gear is available on the websites of several Indonesian retailers — which advertise their wares on Facebook.

One shirt, bearing the slogan “Mujahideen Around the World/United We Stand,” shows muscle-bound fighters wearing keffiyehs and brandishing AK-47s like heroes from an action flick.

Retailer Zirah Moslem promotes what it calls the “Islamic Style Movement” on its website, which features clothing extolling the terrorist groups Hamas and the Taliban and shirts that say, “We Declare War. Fight Against Zionists.”

The Islamic State T-shirts — which are listed in the retailer’s outdoor-wear/sporting-goods section — show images of Kalashnikov rifles and a map of the world, an apparent reference to the terrorists’ plans for global domination.

Other Indonesia-based merchants peddling jihadi rags include Kavkaz Struggle Wear, which sells T-shirts with the slogan “I Love Jihad” in English and Arabic, and Rezji Islamic Clothing and Shop, which advertises small action figures of Islamic State fighters.

None of the retailers’ websites or Facebook pages said whether profits fund the Islamic State’s violent campaign.

The pages were taken down after The Post brought them to Facebook’s attention, according to a rep for the social-media giant.

“At Facebook, we have rules that bar direct statements of hate, attacks on private individuals and groups, and the promotion of terrorism,” Israel Hernandez said.

The Islamic State’s brutal campaign in Iraq has won plenty of supporters among Sunni Muslims in Indonesia, local terror expert Solahudin told the website Vocativ, which first revealed the vile trend.

“They see that ISIS has succeeded in some areas in Syria and Iraq. They’ve already declared an Islamic state there. A caliphate is the ultimate goal for every jihadist in Indonesia,” said Solahudin, who, like many Indonesians, uses only one name.

Some believers think that the movement could signal the start of an Armageddon-like war in which “infidels” will be crushed and Muslims will reign supreme.

“Various hadith [sayings of the Prophet Muhammad] predict an apocalyptic war, with one hadith signaling that it will start in Syria,” Solahudin said.

Jihadi groups are legal in Indonesia, and it is believed that at least 50 Indonesians have joined thousands of other foreign fighters waging war against the Syrian and now Iraqi governments. And in a recent video, Indonesian jihadis urged their countrymen to join the fight in Iraq.