'I'm sure you've seen much worse than that': Uncle of Australian SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy who was photographed brandishing the head of a Syrian soldier - taken by his jihadist father - says the image should be dismissed

• Mostafa Sharrouf says Australia should 'forget' about the photo of his nephew 
  
• Young son of Khaled Sharrouf was photographed holding the severed head in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa
• Sharrouf, one of Australia's most-wanted terrorists posted the photo to Twitter last week
• He is believed to be fighting with al-Qaeda off-shoot Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

By EMILY CRANE and LOUISE CHEER and SALLY LEE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 17:51 GMT, 10 August 2014 | UPDATED: 14:21 GMT, 11 August 2014

The uncle of a young boy who was photographed gripping the severed head of a slain Syrian soldier  says Australia should 'forget' the image which has caused outrage among authoritie.

'He's gone, forget about it. He's forgotten about youse. I'm sure you've seen much worse than that,' Mostafa Sharrouf told the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday.

Khaled Sharrouf's son, believed to be aged seven, used both hands to hoist the decapitated head up as he posed for a chilling photo.

His proud father, one of Australia's most-wanted terrorists and a suspected war criminal, posted the photo to Twitter on August 8 with the caption: 'Thats my boy!'.

Wissam Haddad, a friend of Khaled Sharrouf, also spoke on Network Ten's The Project on Monday night but only agreed to be interviewed by phone.

He said he could not confirm whether or not the photographer seven-year-old boy was Mr Sharrouf's son had his eyes covered up in the photo.

'I'm shocked by all sorts of photos that happen from around the world and not just this photo,' Mr Haddad said.

'But it's a war-zone out there so there's a whole set of rules and it's a whole different ball game.

'To be honest with all the fighting against the Muslims in the past 10 years or so, we've sort of become immune to these sort photos that we see Muslims - Sydney Muslims - in the same predicament.'  

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