A former Islamic extremist has lodged a complaint with police, accusing his parents of radicalising him as a child. The man, who is British-born of Pakistani origin, alleges his parents began radicalising him from the age of five after falling under the influence of a fundamentalist branch of Islam known as Salafism. He also alleges that he attended study sessions led by Al Qaeda preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki, who was killed in a drone strike in Yemen. He will soon be moved to a safe house before his parents are interviewed under caution. While legislation allows for parents to be prosecuted for abusing their children, legal experts fear there is no law that makes it a criminal offence for parents to radicalise their offspring.

Source: Daily Mail May 29, 2021 21:43 UTC