Egypt Primes Children for Jihad

Egyptian Islamic Sheik Muhammad Nassar, a cleric working for the state ministry of religious endowment, has used a children's television program broadcast on Al-Nas television to encourage young children to strive for holy war.

During the program, made available by the Arabic translation service MEMRI, the cleric told about Muslim children in history keen to "sacrifice" themselves and kill "infidels" for the cause of Islam.