Islamic State kidnaps over 100 children for training in jihad

But of course, this has nothing to do with Islam, and to make that connection is only done by Islamophobes.

There is historical precedent for this kidnapping.  During the Ottoman Empire, Christian men were required to offer up their sons, who then were converted to Islam and trained in jihad.  Called janissaries they were top notch fighters, so much so that the tradition of devsherme became a yearly event.  

From AsiaNews July 7

Mosul: Islamic State abducts 111 children

Baghdad (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Islamic State group militants abduct 111 schoolchildren in Mosul to train as terrorists, Iraq’s Arabic news channel Al Sumaria reported.

The abducted children, mostly aged between 10 and 15 years, were moved to the IS terrorist group’s educational and military centres for brainwashing, Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party spokesperson Saeed Mamuzini told the TV channel.

IS terrorists also detained 78 men who protested against the abduction of their children.

Since the terrorist group captured Iraq’s second city over a year ago, it has kidnapped 1,420 Iraqi children, the Kurdish official said.

In a previous statement, he said that IS terrorists had executed 15 of its own militants after facing a defeat in Bashiqa town, northeast of Mosul, adding that they were executed by children trained by the terrorist group.

Local Iraqi government and security officials also said that IS terrorists abducted 500 children in the eastern province of Diyala and western province of al-Anbar.