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The Spanish National Court has sentenced two Moroccan men to six and a half years in prison each after convicting them of indoctrinating young people, including minors, with jihadist ideology in the city of Melilla.
The court found the defendants, who have been in custody since 2022, guilty of terrorist indoctrination aimed at recruiting individuals into extremist organizations or supporting their objectives. It ruled that, since 2020, both men had shown a steady progression toward religious extremism, rooted in an ultra-rigid interpretation of Islam that led them to embrace the doctrines of the Islamic State.
According to the verdict, the accused intensified their promotion of jihad through social media and in-person meetings in Melilla, some of which involved minors, while continuing to glorify terrorism and those who carry out attacks.
The court noted that one of the men exploited family ties to indoctrinate his 12-year-old nephew in jihadist thinking. He was also found in possession of material documenting activities involving minors alongside adults previously convicted in terrorism cases. The second defendant, meanwhile, hosted young people in his home, where he allegedly indoctrinated them with extremist ideas and provided combat-style training.
Although both men denied the charges during the trial, the court concluded that the quantity and nature of the content they disseminated online represented a growing threat, justifying the prison sentences. Judges stressed that some of the material explicitly glorified terrorist attacks and violent crimes.
