Muslim children who risk radicalisation by their parents should be taken into care, Boris Johnson has said.
Writing in his weekly Daily Telegraph column, the London mayor said such children were victims of child abuse.
Mr Johnson said they should be removed from their families to stop them being turned into "potential killers or suicide bombers"...
Mr Johnson wrote: "At present, there is a reluctance by the social services to intervene, even when they and the police have clear evidence of what is going on, because it is not clear that the 'safeguarding law' would support such action.
"A child may be taken into care if he or she is being exposed to pornography, or is being abused - but not if the child is being habituated to this utterly bleak and nihilistic view of the world that could lead them to become murderers."...
"This is absurd. The law should obviously treat radicalisation as a form of child abuse.
"It is the strong view of many of those involved in counter-terrorism that there should be a clearer legal position, so that those children who are being turned into potential killers or suicide bombers can be removed into care - for their own safety and for the safety of the public."...
Asked whether the children of BNP activists could also be taken into care, Mr Johnson said this might be justified in "extreme" cases, such as if they were being taught that race-based assaults were acceptable.
"It all depends on the interests of the child," he added. "It depends what is happening. If that child is being taught to want to commit crime, or be full of hate, then I imagine you might contemplate such a thing."...
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Writing in his weekly Daily Telegraph column, the London mayor said such children were victims of child abuse.
Mr Johnson said they should be removed from their families to stop them being turned into "potential killers or suicide bombers"...
Mr Johnson wrote: "At present, there is a reluctance by the social services to intervene, even when they and the police have clear evidence of what is going on, because it is not clear that the 'safeguarding law' would support such action.
"A child may be taken into care if he or she is being exposed to pornography, or is being abused - but not if the child is being habituated to this utterly bleak and nihilistic view of the world that could lead them to become murderers."...
"This is absurd. The law should obviously treat radicalisation as a form of child abuse.
"It is the strong view of many of those involved in counter-terrorism that there should be a clearer legal position, so that those children who are being turned into potential killers or suicide bombers can be removed into care - for their own safety and for the safety of the public."...
Asked whether the children of BNP activists could also be taken into care, Mr Johnson said this might be justified in "extreme" cases, such as if they were being taught that race-based assaults were acceptable.
"It all depends on the interests of the child," he added. "It depends what is happening. If that child is being taught to want to commit crime, or be full of hate, then I imagine you might contemplate such a thing."...
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26413024
