Children of the Caliphate: Junior jihadis play
with severed heads and enjoy crucifixions
05 September 2014 09:45 AM
By Steve Robson
More disturbing images posted by ISIS reveal
youngsters revelling in the bloodbath as Muslim
leaders urge young people not to join extremists
Horrific: Sickening pictures of children
surrounded by violence in the Islamic State
continue to emerge
Parading severed heads in front of pals like a new
toy, this is the life of children growing up in the
Islamic State.
Sickening images have emerged of boys no more
than 10-year-old revelling in the bloodbath which
has engulfed the region.
Another picture shows a youngster holding a
Kalashnikov and posing beside the body of a
crucified rebel soldier.
The horrific scenes emerged after pictures of a
baby surrounded by guns and grenades was
posted online yesterday by ISIS.
Muslim leaders will use sermons today to
reiterate their opposition to extremism, urge
young people not to join fundamentalist fighters,
and call for the release of all hostages held by
the Islamic State.
Imams across Scotland will use Friday prayers to
reinforce these messages, according to a joint
statement from the Muslim Council of Scotland,
Islamic Society of Britain and Glasgow Central
Mosque.
Earlier this week the parents of Glasgow woman
Aqsa Mahmood who left home last November,
said they were horrified to learn that she had
joined radicals in Syria and married an IS fighter.
They said she had "betrayed us, our community
and the people of Scotland when you took this
step" but pleaded for her return, adding that they
still love her.
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Last month US journalist James Foley was
apparently beheaded by an IS fighter with a
British accent nicknamed "Jihadi John".
This week the same person is thought to have
been responsible for the murder of American
Steven Sotloff, and a British hostage is currently
under threat from the group.
In their statement Muslim leaders said the
community "unequivocally condemns the barbaric
actions of IS (formerly known as ISIS).
"We send our heartfelt sympathies to the families
of those who have been killed at the murderous
hands of IS - regardless of where they are from
or what their religion.The actions of IS are
against the teachings of Islam and therefore
supporting or joining such an organisation is
unacceptable.
"We call for the immediate release of all hostages
held by IS and pray for all of those killed, injured
or harmed by extremism the world over."
The leaders also called on governments to "react
in accordance with international and domestic
law" when dealing with radicals, claiming that the
war in Iraq had been the "greatest recruiting
sergeant for extremist groups".

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