Cubs of the Caliphate: Minors at the Service of the Islamic State Background and Fundamental Reason for the Study

Abstract

Throughout history the minors have been used in acts of violence and conflict, they have been treated as mere instruments for the struggle and have assumed different roles within the conflicts themselves, coming to fight in the front line of battle, the Islamic State poses a new form of recruitment with a clear objective of continuity for his caliphate project in which children play a crucial role which can have consequences in two aspects: on the one hand for European society and its resilience and on the other hand to put Test the security of the old continent. This paper aims to analyze the recruitment of minors by the Islamic State in order to prevent and rehabilitate these minors.