Baby and child care, terrorist-style

An radical Islamist guide for mothers advises its readers on how to raise children to become jihadis by starting their indoctrination when they are babies, telling them appropriate bedtime stories, teaching them to play darts and banning television because it teaches “random violence.”

The “Sister’s Role in Jihad” has been posted online to jihadist websites, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

Details of the book were described by the US-based Middle East Media Research Institute in advance of an upcoming report on how radical Islamists indoctrinate children.

Training should start as early as possible, the book recommends, as even toddlers can be led astray.

“Don’t underestimate the lasting effect of what those little ears and eyes take in during the first few years of life!” the book says.

Teaching jihad should be made fun, according to the guide, and television should be banned because “it mostly teaches shamelessness, anarchy, and random violence.”

Viewing jihadi websites, telling children jihadi bedtime stories, and encouraging them to play darts to improve their aim are all encouraged.

“As we move into 2015, al-Qaeda and its affiliates, ISIS, and other jihadi groups worldwide continue to invest a lot of effort in indoctrination of the next generation of fighters,” said Steven Stalinsky, the executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute.

“No matter what happens in Iraq and Syria in the near future, the next generation – the children of [Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-] Baghdadi and grandchildren of [Osama] bin Laden — have already been brainwashed to hate the West and to strive for jihad and martyrdom,” he said.

It is not known who penned the guide, but according to the report it has been posted to various jihadist websites along with gruesome images of children holding guns, or in some cases, severed heads.

Target practice with toy guns is also recommended, although mothers should “make it very clear who their target should be, and who their target should not be.” However, real guns, if there are any in the home, are best kept out of reach.

“They have been trained on the battlefield and know how to create bombs and suicide belts and to behead and crucify the innocent,” Stalinsky said. “This is something we must be prepared for and understand.”