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Islamic school in UK gives students anti-Daesh classes

London - An Islamic school is giving students as young as 11 anti-Daesh classes

An Islamic school in Britain is holding classes for students as young as 11 years old in order to help them recognise violent propaganda to prevent militants from grooming them online.
More than 600 students aged between 11 and 16 attend the Al Hira Educational and Cultural Centre in Luton, Bedfordshire, each week for weekend and evening classes on the Holy Quran and anti-Daesh for the last eight months, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.
"The premise is simple and I believe that there is an ideological war. As well as Daesh promoting their crimes they misuse the Holy Quran. We want to teach the children the real message of the Holy Quran and for their mind to be clear," Imam Muhammad Ehsan Ullah said.
"If you ask any Muslim they would tell you that it is completely against Islam to kill any innocent person," he added.
Luton has seen a number of people leaving Britain in order to join the Daesh and the lectures aim to teach students how Daesh is targeting young people like them on social media.
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Student Zeeshaan Shazad, 16, has attended Al Hira for three years, he said:

'We are taught that Daesh do not consider other people's beliefs. We are taught to respect other people and that we are all one with peace and respect. They have quite a lot of videos promoting their activities with guns and violence that are seen by young people".