The website and Instagram account of “Aqsa For Kids” have disappeared following controversy over a video showing its founder, Edinburgh primary school teacher Sara El-Awaisi, encouraging young children to play a game in which they fight off evil “Zios” attempting to seize the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
The video, highlighted by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has also been removed from Instagram. It showed El-Awaisi and another woman demonstrating a children’s hand game in which one child pretends their fingers to be “Zios” attempting to take over the Dome of the Rock (Qubbat as-Sakhra), on the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Compound) in Jerusalem, and the other child must prevent them from doing so. Children are encouraged not to “let the Zios grab your mosque” and to play the game themselves.
Police Scotland has received a report about the footage and confirmed that its contents are “currently being assessed”.
UKLFI has also reported El-Awaisi to the General Teaching Council for Scotland over the Zios video and a series of other activities.
El-Awaisi teaches at Liberton Primary School in Edinburgh and is co-founder and Deputy Director of “Educators for Peace” (EFP), an organisation seeking to introduce teaching resources about Palestine into Scottish schools.
Before its disappearance, the Aqsa For Kids Instagram account featured children wearing keffiyehs, waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Israel is a terror state” and “occupation no more”. Another post showed a young girl talking about the “liberation of the mind before liberation of the land”.
UKLFI has also raised concerns about Aqsa For Kids’ associations with other activist organisations.
Aqsa For Kids has co-hosted sessions with “Mothers Against Genocide Scotland”, advertised as “empowering sessions on youth activism”, with EFP also listed as a co-host.
Mothers Against Genocide Scotland has publicly praised the “courage” of Elias Rodriguez, who fatally shot two Israeli embassy employees in Washington DC in May 2025, and supported a campaign calling for his release. Campaign material described his actions as “legitimate counter-violence” and called for the intifada to be globalised.
The organisation has also appeared alongside EFP and a group called “Zionist Free Leith” in publicity for a community fundraiser. It has reportedly promoted an event referring to the creation of a “Zionist free zone”.
A report from EFP’s March 2026 Rebuilding Gaza conference recorded a proposal for Mothers Against Genocide Scotland and EFP to develop a joint training package for use in Scottish schools.
A UKLFI spokesperson said:
“The disappearance of these websites and social media accounts does not erase the deeply troubling material they previously published.
“Young children should not be taught to regard ‘Zios’ as evil enemies who are seeking to take over Muslim holy sites and who must be fought and defeated. Nor should organisations involved in educating children be collaborating with groups that praise the perpetrators of terrorist violence.
“The Scottish education authorities and teaching regulator must investigate these activities thoroughly and ensure that children are protected from political indoctrination, hatred and extremism.”
The video can be viewed here:
https://www.uklfi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/video.mp4