ISIS is training children of foreign fighters including 50 British youngsters to become next generation of terrorists

At least 50 British children are thought to be living in Islamic State territories and are being trained to become the next generation of terrorists. According to a report by Europe's law enforcement agency, the terror group is indoctrinating youngsters to become ISIS fighters. The report goes on to warn these minors 'may pose a future security threat to member
states' of the European Union.  According to an investigation conducted by the Quilliam Foundation this year, some 50 children from the UK are 'growing up on jihad'. 

The report adds: 'The future of children born and raised in Islamic State is a pertinent and pressing problem, requiring the immediate attention of the international community. 

'There are currently 31,000 pregnant women within the ‘caliphate’. 

'As many as 50 children from the United Kingdom are growing up on jihad in Islamic State, and no prior research examines what will happen to them if they choose to return.'

ISIS supporters are known to use children in their videos and images to demonstrate how youngsters are being groomed with the terror group's radical ideology. Footage posted at the start of this year by ISIS supporters showed an 11-year-old boy kneeling down to kiss his father's hand before blowing himself up in a truck laden with explosives.

Meanwhile, a four-year-old British boy dubbed 'Jihadi Junior' was filmed apparently detonating a bomb, which killed four prisoners in the group's latest execution video.

The footage shows the young boy, Isa Dare, the son of Muslim convert Grace 'Khadija' Dare from south east London, raising his hand in the air before shouting: 'Allahu Akbar.' 

In its annual report on terrorism in the European union, Europol added a significant percentage of all foreign terrorist travellers in Syria/Iraq are now female.

It says most of those who travel to Syria and Iraq marry fighters soon after arrival - or have already married fighters online before leaving - and give birth to children. 

It added: ‘Of particular concern are the children of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) who live with their parents in IS territory. 

'One third of the minors that are children of Dutch women currently living in Syria/Iraq were born there. 

'In their propaganda, IS has often shown that they train these minors to become the next generation of foreign terrorist fighters, which may pose a future security threat to Member States. 

‘Some returnees will perpetuate the terrorist threat to the EU via facilitation, fundraising, recruitment and radicalisation activities. 'They may also serve as role models for future would-be violent jihadists.’  

March this year, ISIS released a new video allegedly showing an orphanage full of children being trained as the next generation of fighters. The clip, labelled 'Caring for Orphans within the Islamic State' by the terror group, starts by showing tiny orphans playing before showing them being forced into stress positions and made to waddle around the area as they learn 'combat'.

Daily Mail