英国青少年将伊斯兰国视为偶像

 

Nafir Afzal warned that 'another 7/7' could happen unless Britain makes sweeping³ changes to the way it tackles terrorism. 

 

Mr Afzal, former head of the Crown Prosecution⁴ Service in the north-west, said children are 'manipulated' by Islamists and that Britain needs a new approach in the way it deals with radicalisation. 

 

He told the Guardian's Nigel Bunyan: 'The boys want to be like them and the girls want to be with them. That's what they used to say about the Beatles and more recently One Direction and Justin Bieber. The propaganda the terrorists put out is akin⁵ to marketing⁶, and too many of our teenagers are falling for the image. 

 

'They see their own lives as poor by comparison, and don't realise they are being used. The extremists treat them in a similar way to sexual groomers – they manipulate them, distance them from their friends and families, and then take them.' 

 

Mr Afzal added that a community-led approach to dealing⁷ with teenagers who have been corrupted⁸ by terrorists would be more successful than the 'stale' strategy used by the police and security services. 

 

The prosecutor warned that unless the next government recruited young Muslim role models to help mentor⁹ those who are being radicalised, the country could face 'another 7/7' terror attack. 

 

He believes that young people are far more likely to listen to people who have gone through their experiences than authority figures. 

 

'At the moment, even the language is wrong. People talk about Isis as if they have some kind of religious basis or political dimension – a kind of glossy¹⁰, glorious campaign,' he said.

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