Manchester: Film shows children taught to be Jihadis
Interestingly enough, the incitement to 'kill the Jews' did not make it into the BBC article.
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Counter-terrorism police say their discovery of a film of children being encouraged to hold guns is evidence of attempts to radicalise youngsters.
The Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in North West England revealed they found the film during a raid in Manchester.
Officers say it shows two children, aged about three and six, playing with a pistol and a Kalashnikov rifle.
Material seized separately included the advice: "No child is ever too young to be started off on Jihad training."
The footage, which police believe was filmed in Pakistan, was uncovered on the hard drive of a computer during a raid carried out under the Terrorism Act 2000. Police have not revealed when the material was seized.
Police believe the firearms are real.
The video shows a girl and young boy playing with guns and a man's voice says: "What do you do with the weapon?"
He answers his own question: "I want to kill the infidels [non-believers]."
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Police say they have also found flash cards, used to teach young children the alphabet, in another house raid.
The officer said: "We found a series of flash cards and documents on how to raise Mujahid children [who will fight for Islam]. The cards were written in English - and instead of having M for Muhammad they had M for Mujahideen..."
"They have the potential to indoctrinate. It just shows the mindset of some people and what we are up against."
Police say they also found documents downloaded from an extremist website which instructs parents to raise Mujahid children.
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Anjum Anwar MBE, who works for the church as a community dialogue development officer, said the film must not be used to implicate the rest of the Muslim world.
Most of the Muslim community do not bring up their children in that way, she said.
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Source: BBC
Interestingly enough, the incitement to 'kill the Jews' did not make it into the BBC article.
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Counter-terrorism police say their discovery of a film of children being encouraged to hold guns is evidence of attempts to radicalise youngsters.
The Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in North West England revealed they found the film during a raid in Manchester.
Officers say it shows two children, aged about three and six, playing with a pistol and a Kalashnikov rifle.
Material seized separately included the advice: "No child is ever too young to be started off on Jihad training."
The footage, which police believe was filmed in Pakistan, was uncovered on the hard drive of a computer during a raid carried out under the Terrorism Act 2000. Police have not revealed when the material was seized.
Police believe the firearms are real.
The video shows a girl and young boy playing with guns and a man's voice says: "What do you do with the weapon?"
He answers his own question: "I want to kill the infidels [non-believers]."
(...)
Police say they have also found flash cards, used to teach young children the alphabet, in another house raid.
The officer said: "We found a series of flash cards and documents on how to raise Mujahid children [who will fight for Islam]. The cards were written in English - and instead of having M for Muhammad they had M for Mujahideen..."
"They have the potential to indoctrinate. It just shows the mindset of some people and what we are up against."
Police say they also found documents downloaded from an extremist website which instructs parents to raise Mujahid children.
(...)
Anjum Anwar MBE, who works for the church as a community dialogue development officer, said the film must not be used to implicate the rest of the Muslim world.
Most of the Muslim community do not bring up their children in that way, she said.
(more)
Source: BBC
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