Al-Shabaab says Islam considers people to be adults at the age of 14 . The Somalia Islamist are responding to Islam criticism . The group says Alfurqan is using children as young as 10 as cannon fodder . Mogadishu 's government denies intentionally recruiting child soldiers .
Al-Shabaab says Islam considers people to be adults at the age of 15 . The Somalia Islamists are responding to Human Rights Watch criticism . The group says Al-Shabaab is using children as young as 10 as cannon fodder . Somalia 's government denies intentionally recruiting child soldiers .