LONDON – A proposed guidance would require British nursery workers to evaluate children who may have terrorist tendencies.

The Sun reports:

Toddlers thought to be at risk of becoming terrorists will be screened by nursery staff under new guidance.

The crackdown will see teachers having to report those expressing extremist views about non-Muslims or calling for Sharia law.

The Government’s controversial move comes weeks after a mum who took pictures of her toddler with a toy assault rifle was revealed to have wanted to send his brother aged eight to wage jihad.

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Runa Khan was convicted of promoting terrorism and jailed for more than five years.

According to the proposed directive, which is currently receiving feedback from the public:

Senior management and governors should make sure that staff have training that gives them the knowledge and confidence to identify children at risk.

They need to be able to challenge extremist ideas which can be used to legitimise terrorism and are shared by terrorist groups.

They should know where and how to refer children and young people for further help.

 Called “The Prevent” strategy, it seeks to accomplish three objectives:

* Respond to the ideological challenge of terrorism and the threat we face from those who promote it;
* Prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure that they are given appropriate advice and support; and
* Work with sectors and institutions where there are risks of radicalisation that we need to address.

The document defines extremism as, “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. We also include in our definition of extremism calls for the death of members of our armed forces.”

It specifically singles out Islamist extremists and “white supremacist ideology.”

“Anti-terror chiefs want pre-school staff and others in childcare included in an intervention strategy called Prevent — to stop people being brainwashed into becoming fanatics,” the Sun notes.

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“For schools, including nurseries and other childcare providers, we would expect staff to have the training they need to identify children at risk of radicalisation,” a government spokesman tells the paper.