Huroof

Short description: Islamic State Android application

Huroof - حروف

Original author(s)|  Islamic State
Developer(s)| Al-Himmah Library
Initial release| 2016
Operating system| Android
Available in| Arabic
Type| Learning Game

Huroof (Arabic: حروف) is an Android kids application produced by the Islamic State, specifically the Islamic States' Al-Himmah Library,[1] which is targeted towards kids in order to teach kids the Arabic alphabet, and to also get kids to support the Islamic State and its practices.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Application
* 1.1 Nasheed game
* 1.2 Writing game
* 1.3 Letter choosing game
* 2 References

## Application

Huroof uses child-like appearances on the main menu, and throughout multiple of Huroof's in-game games for learning the alphabet,[4] a lot of the games reference jihadist concepts, including imagery of weapons, Islamic State imagery, including the flag of the Islamic State,[5] Huroof uses nasheeds from Ajnad Media Foundation for Audio Production in the app.[6]

### Nasheed game

In the Huroof app, there's a game where you listen to a radio, with the Al-Bayan logo on it, and learn the Arabic alphabet while the nasheed plays.[7]

### Writing game

In Huroof, there's a game where you can write out letters of the Arabic alphabet, as well as numbers while a small child tells you what they are.

### Letter choosing game

In the app, there's a game they shows you images, and you choose which letter that image/item starts with.[8]

## References

1. ↑ Reisinger, Don (May 11, 2016). "ISIS Has launched a mobile app—For children" (in en). https://fortune.com/2016/05/11/isis-mobile-app-children/amp/.
2. ↑ Hunt, Elle (May 11, 2016). "Islamic State releases children's mobile app 'to teach Arabic" (in en). https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/11/islamic-state-children-app-mobile-teach-arabic.
3. ↑ Framer, Robbie (February 16, 2017). "J Is For Jihad: How The Islamic State Indoctrinates Children With Math, Grammar, Tanks, and Guns" (in en). https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/16/j-is-for-jihad-how-isis-indoctrinates-kids-with-math-grammar-tanks-and-guns/.
4. ↑ Moore, Jack (May 11, 2016). "ISIS releases mobile app to teach child recruits Arabic" (in en). https://www.newsweek.com/isis-releases-mobile-app-teach-child-recruits-arabic-458459?amp=1.
5. ↑ Dearden, Lizzie (May 12, 2016). "Isis releases app for children to 'learn Arabic Alphabet' using jihadist songs and cartoons of weapons" (in en). https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-releases-app-for-children-to-learn-arabic-alphabet-using-jihadist-songs-and-cartoons-of-weapons-a7025476.html?amp.
6. ↑ Weiss, Caleb (May 11, 2016). "Islamic State launches mobile app for children" (in en). https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/05/islamic-state-launches-mobile-app-for-children.php.
7. ↑ Vale, Gina (2018). "Cubs in the Lions' Den: Indoctrination and recruitment of children in Islamic State territory". International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation 1 (1): 19–21.
8. ↑ Segal, Oren (May 13, 2016). "New ISIS App One of Many Efforts to Indoctrinate Children" (in en). https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/new-isis-app-one-many-efforts-indoctrinate-children.

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