Process against pupils: jihad through Arabic chants?

Process against pupils: jihad through Arabic chants?

In a sensational process, a 15-year-old student in Austria is the focus of the judiciary after being suspected of having spread propaganda for the terrorist group ISIS. According to the indictment, the teenager has published numerous videos and pictures in Arabic on its social media, which, in addition to combating, also show Islamist content and IS symbolism. Above all, this content should be used to recruit young people for the jihad, according to the experts who deal with the case. The indictment believes that the young person may also have made statements that indicate that he comes "from the Islamic State", which is now to be clarified in court ( today.at ).

Serious allegations and consequences

The allegations against the student are serious, so he had to spend a month in custody. In a similar case, other young people in Salzburg were also recently convicted of supporting a terrorist association. Despite their claims of having nothing to do with the ideology and only liking the melodies of the songs, this led to convictions. Most of them were punished with probation, whereby the requirement exists to take advantage of interventions in order to counteract such extremisms ( salzburg.orf.at ).

This process raises serious questions regarding the susceptibility of young people for extremist ideologies and addresses the concerns about the use of social media to spread radical content. The company will now observe exactly how the 15-year-old's case will be and what teachings can be drawn from it to prevent further radicalizations.