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London: Investigation underway, Muslim parents furious over counter-terrorism authorities questioning 8-year-old son

Jan 8, 2019 11:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

In an Independent exclusive, it was revealed that “an eight-year-old boy was questioned by two counter-terrorism police officers and a social worker at a school in east London over alleged radicalisation fears…The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, said their child was left ‘frightened’ and ‘traumatised’ after he was separated from his classmates at a school in Ilford to be interviewed.”

On the surface, this sounds heinous. It is unheard of for children to be questioned by authorities about hateful and murderous practices, and without parental permission at that. One can understand why such questioning would raise eyebrows. However, the West is also faced with a jihad threat that is completely unfamiliar to Western society and Western authorities. Consider the following:

  • Germany is alarmed by child jihadists. Its domestic intelligence agency is lobbying for a repeal of laws restricting security surveillance of minors under the age of 14, arguing that the country is facing grave risks from what the German media dubs “kindergarten jihadists.”
  • A “dangerous” jihadist who “attempted to build an army of child jihadists by radicalising pupils” in London was finally “convicted of a range of terrorism offences.”
  • At a parade in Indonesia, children were dressed as jihadists. Meanwhile, a series of suicide bombings in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia back in May in was described as the “worst terrorist attack Indonesia has seen since 2005.” Parents, who brought their children along to die in suicide attacks, attacked three churches and a police station, murdering “at least 23 people and injuring dozens.”
  • It has also long been known that Gaza  summer camps train children in jihad.

Young children are also trained by al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and their offshoots. The parents of the 8-year-old boy likely know full well that children are in some places being trained as jihadists. What’s more, the child was questioned “over concerns about the father’s attendance at dawah stalls in 2014  – which allegedly had links to a Anjem Choudary‘s al-Muhajiroun terrorist network.” Reportedly, “members and affiliates have planned and launched numerous terror attacks, with Choudary’s followers.” Such networks are active all over Europe and in Britain.

Children of abuse in Western societies are sometimes questioned in a  sensitive manner by police and social workers, without the alleged abusers’ “permission.” Since this 8-year-old is suspected to be in an abusive environment, it is in his best interest to be protected, as any other child would be. This is a highly sensitive area in Western society that needs to be confronted and further investigated for the sake of children and for the sake of society. It will be tough to do this, given the skillfulness at which the victimhood card and the “Islamophobia” battering ram have been used to beat down any  investigation and scrutiny.

“Eight-year-old boy questioned by counter-terrorism police officers in London school over ‘radicalisation’ fears,” by Eleanor Busby, Independent, January 6, 2019:

An eight-year-old boy was questioned by two counter-terrorism police officers and a social worker at a school in east London over alleged radicalisation fears, The Independent can reveal.

The Counter Terrorism Professional Standards Unit has now launched an investigation into the matter after the boy’s parents logged a formal complaint about the treatment of their young son.

The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, said their child was left “frightened” and “traumatised” after he was separated from his classmates at a school in Ilford to be interviewed.

The father claims his son was asked about Islam, the mosque he attends, whether he prays, and his views on other religions. He was also asked to recite verses from the Quran.

No safeguarding issues were identified from the interview in July and no further action was taken by the police – but now the parents are seeking legal advice.

They argue they were targeted for being Muslim, but The Independent understands radicalisation concerns were sparked by the father’s links to members of an Islamist group.

“We are absolutely shocked and appalled that our son was questioned alone and in this manner and without informing his parents,” the father said…..

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  1. R Russell says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 11:23 am

    An appropriate adult was present in the person of the social worker.
    I’m sure the superior parents will object to the dhimmi authorities questioning their son. Tough. the UK hasn’t totally capitulated yet.

    • Matina says

      Jan 8, 2019 at 9:12 pm

      Infidels /dhimmis know stupidly how to pay jizya to our new masters They will neglect the real jihadis. They investigate an 8 year old so that his parents will sue the police. And they will pay the muslims 500 000 sterling pounds. Yes, legally. The stupid dhimmis / infidels will be proud how their elected gov. holds the laws in high esteem. Democracy works . . . for muslims.

    • t says

      Jan 8, 2019 at 11:16 pm

      I’m sure the parents will sue the British government and win a settlement worth millions of dollars, as usual!

      Stupid authorities, all over the west, never seem to be conscious of what they are doing- enriching Islamic terrorists and fellow hard core practitioners of the faith.

  2. somehistory says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 11:23 am

    They are “furious”…as are all moslims who wish to be terrorists or support terrorism in one or more ways.
    Is there a law in the U.K. saying parents must be informed ahead of time or that they must be present or give consent?

    It is logical…and no, islam has no logic…that moslims would be questioned about moslim terror groups, what happens in the barracks, etc. as opposed to asking a little old lady who only goes out on Sunday to her church or to a friend’s house for tea.

    Anger is as near a moslim as is his beard.

  3. crawford421 says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 11:55 am

    I’m sure the family would feel safer in a country run accordong to their Muslim beliefs. They should move to one.

  4. mortimer says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    “Teaching children to hate is the worst form of child abuse.” – Hitler Youth survivor Alfons Heck
    Former Hitler Youth Officer denounces Radical Islam …

  5. Terry Gain says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 1:10 pm

    The parents, who wish to remain anonymous, said their child was left “frightened” and “traumatised” after…..

    ….. the Koran was read to him daily … and after he was told what would happen to him if questioned his parents’ strange religious beliefs.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    That the Muslim parents are furious at the questioning of their eight year old child by UK counter -terrorism officials may serve as an example of how, even in adults, Islam is the power to warp the cognition of people are are suppose to be sane. What those Muslim parents should be enraged about is that an imam or a mullah or another other adult who is also a jihadist /Muslim would attempt to influence their son into becoming a jihad -minded Muslim.

    • Carol the 1st says

      Jan 10, 2019 at 1:44 am

      Well of course they should be enraged! We’re just talking about an innocuous “religion” here, aren’t we?

  7. somehistory says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    Daniel Greenfield in FrontPage Magazine about this woman and the moslim objective. He has this video linked to his page.
    https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4732679/sharifa-alkhateeb-talks-public-schools-convert-america-islam&fbclid=IwAR123wunxJyyl99nwvi41n76-fkmXBXeaU1MLnCqNGnL8Fm7eUVrVfyllJg

    Everyone should listen to her. It’s on C-Span.

  8. Crusades Were Right says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    I wonder what would happen if a child questioned in this manner let it be known that his parents had taught him to hate “infidels”, to regard Muslims as superior to all other beings, to praise jihadist terrorists, and to regard the replacing of democratic government with Islamic sharia law as something all Muslims should demand and work towards?

    Silly me… we already know the answer to that question: he would be returned to his home, and the family would receive an apology from the government and a huge taxpayer-funded payout for being the victims of “racism and Islamophobia”.

    Am I wrong?

    • mortimer says

      Jan 8, 2019 at 4:18 pm

      Crusader, you are right about the TEACHING OF HATE called ‘AL WALAA WAL BARAA’.

      If Jihad Watch readers have not STUDIED W-B then we will not win the war against POLITICAL ISLAM.

      We all need to take responsibility to LEARN W-B and spread the knowledge of it.

      -Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]

      -“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca.

  9. vlparker says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 6:52 pm

    British police questioning an 8 year old muslim? I didn’t think they had it in them.

  10. gravenimage says

    Jan 8, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    London: Investigation underway, Muslim parents furious over counter-terrorism authorities questioning 8-year-old son
    ……………………………..

    Do they also have a problem with teaching children terrorism? Not so you’d notice…

  11. somehistory says

    Jan 9, 2019 at 12:10 am

    This moslim female was speaking to a group of moslims. One of the things she said was about the teaching of school kids that if their parent/parents engaged in “touching” the child in certain ways in certain places the kid should tell them to “stop.”
    This moslim female was telling the others that this instruction should not be happening with their children. Evidently she wanted to be able to “touch’ her children, and allow her husband to do the same.

    She said she taught her kids to say they are “moslim” …and not American and the kids didn’t understand what an “American” was. The kids were confused because people in the schools identified the kids as American, and when living in a “so-called” (her term) moslim country, the school personnel did the same thing…asking if her kids were American.
    She was also admonishing the moslims to get involved in parent-teacher meetings, get textbooks changed, get involved in local, county, state, national and international politics in order to convert all Americans to islam. But she was emphasizing the changes to begin in school…to make Americans want their kids to be taught the same things moslim kids are.

  12. Vicky King says

    Jan 9, 2019 at 8:16 am

    We are reminded of the jihadis holed up in a New Mexico desert dump, who were training children to become school shooters/bombers. As Robert Spencer rightfully tells us, “However, the West is also faced with a jihad threat that is completely unfamiliar to Western society and Western authorities.” What is unimaginable to our western society, has infiltrated our society. We better wake up to the fact that Islam must be banned, as the risk it poses to all life is too great not to.

  13. Giacomo Latta says

    Jan 9, 2019 at 11:06 am

    I feel frightenerd and traumatized that the world is full of half-wits who subscribe to the contents of the koran. When will the MSM visit me to document that? Whoops, I just said something bad about islam. That is against the law in my country. Soon the authorities, real and muslim, will be showing up at my door.

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