Mosque launches anti-Isis classes for Muslim children

British Muslim children as young as 11 are being given classes to prevent them being radicalised by violent Islamic State (Daesh) jihadists. This comes after community leaders feared they were being targeted by extremist online propaganda. Imams and Islamic teachers warned a war of ideologies is currently being fought in their own mosques, communities, and […]

British Muslim children as young as 11 are being given classes to prevent them being radicalised by violent Islamic State (Daesh) jihadists.
This comes after community leaders feared they were being targeted by extremist online propaganda.
Imams and Islamic teachers warned a war of ideologies is currently being fought in their own mosques, communities, and on social media following the rise of terror groups in Syria and Iraq.
The Al-Hira mosque, home to one of the largest madrassas in Luton, is in its first year of giving “anti-Daesh” classes for pupils aged 11 to 16.
Started eight months ago, the classes are described by the mosque’s leaders as part of a new “grassroots” strategy which they say has become more effective than the government’s own anti-extremism programme.