Man jailed trying to create 'child army' for Islamic State in London

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Man jailed trying to create 'child army' for Islamic State in London
MEE staff
Umar Haque showed children as young as 11 footage of beheadings and conducted terrorism role-play exercises.

Tuesday 27 March 2018 20:01 UTC

A British man who had attempted to build an army of child soldiers for the Islamic State (IS) group in London has been sentenced to life in prison.

Umar Haque, 25, attempted to brainwash children as young as 11 at a mosque in East London by showing them footage of beheadings and conducting terrorism role-play exercises.

The court was told that Haque played IS propaganda to students at the Lantern of Knowledge Islamic School in East London, where he taught an Islamic Studies class, despite having no teaching qualifications.

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