British intelligence signing up teachers to tackle radicalization in Islamic schools

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Sunday 31 Jan 2016 - 10:57 Makkah mean time-21-4-1437 Image from Daily Star Sunday London, (IINA) - British Security Service (MI5) has contacted dozens of teachers at Islamic schools across the UK who have voiced concerns about the rise of extremism, Daily Star Sunday (DSS) online news reported. Many teachers have agreed to work as agents spying on fellow members of staff and are now sending intelligence reports on suspected jihadis to their handlers in London, the report has said. Some teachers are known to have contacted MI5 independently to volunteer their services but many others have been approached by the service seeking help. The move was ordered by spy chiefs amid fears children as young as seven are being targeted by hate preachers. Some youngsters have been told all non-Muslims are the enemies of Islam. Intelligence sources say there have even been reports that some teachers are showing execution videos to Muslim pupils as part of their religious education. Children have also been told that Islam is in a holy war against the West and that it is the duty of every Muslim to join the fight.  Intelligence sources told the Daily Star Sunday that Muslim religious schools have become recruiting grounds for extremist groups such ISIS and Al-Qaeda. “Children are being brainwashed at a very young and vulnerable age by teachers who are effectively recruiting sergeants for ISIS. They are basically poisoning the minds of the young so that by the time they reach the age of 15 or 16 they have effectively rejected British society and want to join the holy war against the West.” Last year, three east London pupils from the Bethnal Green Academy, which is not a religious school, fled to join ISIS in Syria. Shamima Begum, 15 year-old, Kadiza Sultana, 16 year-old, and Amira Abase, 15 year-old, left Britain in February after deceiving their parents and siblings. SM/IINA