The Islamic State (ISIS) has taken their use of children to a whole
new level by requiring parents to read them bedtime stories about the
martyrdom of Islamic jihadists. According to a report by The Daily Beast,
parents are teaching their children about Ali ibn abi Talib, the fourth
Caliph of Islam, Usama ibn Zayd's
attack against Rome, Tariq ibn
Ziyad's assault on Spain as well as Muhammad ibn Qasim and Bakhtiyar
Khalji victories against an Indian subcontinent and Bengal at a young
age.
Parents are influencing their children to embrace the life of a
jihadist probably to minimise their resistance to learning about
military training and fitness to eventually become like the people they
are hearing about.
The use of children has grown more alarming based on reports from the
United Nations, especially with the establishment of the youth wing
called Fityan al-Islam, (Boys of Islam) wherein children are being
trained and indoctrinated into the group despite their young age.
Based on the report, around 800 to 900 children aged 9-15 have been
abducted by the ISIS from Mosul and other cities for the purpose of
being trained as spies, preachers, soldiers, executioners and suicide
bombers.
From August 2015 to February 2016, there have been 254 reports of
children being used in ISIS propaganda with at least 12 children being
forced to behead and hold up the heads of ISIS captives to prove that
they are ready to wage war against their enemies. One incident even
involved a four-year-old British child detonating a car bomb killing
four alleged spies who were inside the vehicle.
Children are reportedly being punished severely for "failing" in their duties to ISIS. The Independent reported that the group ordered the killing of 18 children from running away from a fight in Iraq.
"According to a source, the boys left the front without being
noticed, but were identified by residents upon their return to Mosul. An
ISIS self-appointed court allegedly ordered their killing," the UN
report said.
As for the girls and women who have been taken by the group, reports
are coming in that they are being raped daily by ISIS fighters and are
being used to breed the next generation of ISIS fighters. There are
currently 31,000 pregnant women living in ISIS camps.
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