  We study Borel homomorphisms $\theta : G\rightarrow H$ for arbitrary locally
compact second countable groups $G$ and $H$ for which the measure
$$\theta_*(\mu )(\alpha )=\mu (\theta ^{-1}(\alpha ))\quad \text{for } \quad
\alpha \subseteq H $$ is absolutely continuous with respect to $\nu,$ where
$\mu $ (resp. $\nu $) is a Haar measure for $G,$ (resp. $H$).
  We define a natural mapping $\mathcal G$ from the class of maximal abelian
selfadjoint algebra bimodules (masa bimodules) in $B(L^2(H))$ into the class of
masa bimodules in $B(L^2(G))$ and we use it to prove that if $k\subseteq
G\times G$ is a set of operator synthesis, then $(\theta \times \theta)^{-1}
(k)$ is also a set of operator synthesis and if $E\subseteq H$ is a set of
local synthesis for the Fourier algebra $A(H)$, then $\theta ^{-1}(E)\subseteq
G$ is a set of local synthesis for $A(G).$ We also prove that if $\theta
^{-1}(E)$ is an $M$-set (resp. $M_1$-set), then $E$ is an $M$-set (resp.
$M_1$-set) and if $Bim(I^\bot )$ is the masa bimodule generated by the
annihilator of the ideal $I$ in $VN(G)$, then there exists an ideal $J$ such
that $\mathcal G(Bim(I^\bot ))=Bim(J^\bot ).$ If this ideal $J$ is an ideal of
multiplicity then $I$ is an ideal of multiplicity. In case $\theta_*(\mu )$ is
a Haar measure for $\theta (G)$ we show that $J$ is equal to the ideal
$\rho_*(I)$ generated by $\rho (I),$ where $\rho (u)=u\circ \theta ,
\;\;\forall \;u\;\in \;I.$
