<p>A court in London sentenced a woman for a five years and three months jail term for posting extremist information on Facebook and WhatsApp, BBC reported Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kingston Crown Court Thursday heard that the 35-year-old Runa Khan, a mother of six children, had reposted a web article entitled "Raising Mujahid Children" in September 2013, instructing mothers to prepare their children for radical acts.<br /><br />A judge said the article was like "a manual in encouraging women to carry out jihad".<br />Investigators also found that Khan had taken pictures of her underage children holding a toy gun and a sword.<br /><br />She had even expressed her intention to travel to Syria.<br /><br />Investigators said Khan had hoped that her son would one day become a "jihadist fighter", and employed social media as a tool to spread terrorism.<br /><br />In August, Britain upgraded its international terrorism threat level from "substantial" to "severe," the second highest of five possible threat ranks.<br /><br />The British Home Office has introduced a series of tougher counter-terror measures this year to tackle international terrorism.</p>
<p>A court in London sentenced a woman for a five years and three months jail term for posting extremist information on Facebook and WhatsApp, BBC reported Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kingston Crown Court Thursday heard that the 35-year-old Runa Khan, a mother of six children, had reposted a web article entitled "Raising Mujahid Children" in September 2013, instructing mothers to prepare their children for radical acts.<br /><br />A judge said the article was like "a manual in encouraging women to carry out jihad".<br />Investigators also found that Khan had taken pictures of her underage children holding a toy gun and a sword.<br /><br />She had even expressed her intention to travel to Syria.<br /><br />Investigators said Khan had hoped that her son would one day become a "jihadist fighter", and employed social media as a tool to spread terrorism.<br /><br />In August, Britain upgraded its international terrorism threat level from "substantial" to "severe," the second highest of five possible threat ranks.<br /><br />The British Home Office has introduced a series of tougher counter-terror measures this year to tackle international terrorism.</p>