A young teacher wanted to indoctrinate British children about jihad and spread his extremist views through a “cartoon-style” book, a court heard.

Dzhamilya Timaeva, 19, of Windsor, Berkshire, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of sharing extreme Islamic propaganda between 2022 and 2023.

Prosecutor Gareth Weetman, who began his trial on Tuesday, said the defendant was searching for extremist books and videos between 2022 and 2023.

He said: “The defendant saw it as his duty to teach these extreme beliefs to young children.

“To do this, he took a position as an Islamic Sunday school teacher.”

Jurors heard the “pro-ISIS propaganda” was discovered by police in October 2022 after his phone was seized and the content was downloaded.

Mr Weetman said Timaeva was arrested at her home in March 2023 and an examination of her devices made it clear she was “deliberately searching for extremist material”.

Jurors heard a note dated July 2023 titled “Permissibility of Suicide Operations” was also found on his phone.

Mr Weetman continued: “But of even greater concern was the emergence of information suggesting that the defendant wanted to teach children to also hold these extreme views.”

The court was told police discovered a document called Little Muwahids, which had a colorful cartoon-style front cover designed for children.

It was claimed that the book mentioned “fitnah”, which means fitna, and included sections on war in the name of Islam.

The court was told Timaeva made arrangements to teach a class of children at the Islamic faith school in September 2022 and referred to the booklet during the planned lessons.

It was alleged that he sent an electronic copy of the book to a person at the Tawhid Islamic Education Center in Maidenhead and had 70 copies printed.

Mr Weetman said: “It is clear from this that it is not a distant dream for the defendant to teach young children the extremist and intolerant concepts in this book.

“He had printed it and arranged to attend classes to do it.”

Jurors heard the defendant also sought access to children at the Windsor Muslim Association, which allegedly listed him as a teacher on its website in March 2023.

Mr Weetman said that during a search of the defendant’s house on 2 March copies of the Little Almohads pamphlet were found.

However, Mr Weetman said it was clear that more copies had been distributed by the defendant.

In an e-mail sent the day after his arrest, he said: “They took my little muvahid booklets.

“Thank God I have recently distributed so many copies that they only found a few copies in my house.”

Meanwhile, jurors were told that a teacher at the defendant’s school found him in the office trying to hide shredded papers in the closet shelves.

Mr. Weetman said these strips were put together and appeared to be related to jihad.

Timaeva denied four allegations that she disseminated terrorist publications, including “Little Almohads” and that she had a terrorist video titled “Instigate the Believers”.

The hearing was postponed to Thursday.