Jihadi extremists order genital mutilation of all women in Iraq
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Jul 25, 2014
Jihadi extremists taking control of Iraq and Syria has ordered women and girls in Mosul to undergo genital mutilation,according to a report from the U.N
Reports about the issue have been circulating in Iraqi media for the past few days. On Wednesday a Kurdish website, BasNews, reported that the fatwa had been issued by the self-proclaimed "Caliph" of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as a "gift" to the people of Mosul.
U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters in Geneva by videolink from Arbil. "We have current reports of imposition of a directive that all female girl children and women up to the age of 49 must be circumcised.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is unusual in Iraq and is only practised in "certain isolated pockets of the country", she added.
FGM poses many health risks to women, including severe bleeding, problems urinating, infections, infertility and increased risk of newborn deaths in childbirth.
later, supporters of the Islamic state have denied ordering families to have their daughters undergo female genital mutilation .
Last week, Iraqi Christians are fleeing Mosul after Islamist insurgents threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam or paid a "protection tax".
Christians who do not agree to ISIS demands were also given the option to leave Mosul. According to a message from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, non-complying Christians were permitted to "evacuate themselves only from the caliphate state" by 12 p.m. local time on Saturday or their "only option is the sword."
The families were also warned not to take any of their belongings with them, threatening to harm them if they did so. Signs branding their homes were found throughout the city, including the writing: “it is the property of the Islamic State.”
Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities but its population has dwindled from over 30,000 to just a few thousand amid growing sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.
Sources
Guardian.
timesofindia
nbcnews.
Jul 25, 2014
Jihadi extremists taking control of Iraq and Syria has ordered women and girls in Mosul to undergo genital mutilation,according to a report from the U.N
Reports about the issue have been circulating in Iraqi media for the past few days. On Wednesday a Kurdish website, BasNews, reported that the fatwa had been issued by the self-proclaimed "Caliph" of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as a "gift" to the people of Mosul.
U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters in Geneva by videolink from Arbil. "We have current reports of imposition of a directive that all female girl children and women up to the age of 49 must be circumcised.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is unusual in Iraq and is only practised in "certain isolated pockets of the country", she added.
FGM poses many health risks to women, including severe bleeding, problems urinating, infections, infertility and increased risk of newborn deaths in childbirth.
later, supporters of the Islamic state have denied ordering families to have their daughters undergo female genital mutilation .
Last week, Iraqi Christians are fleeing Mosul after Islamist insurgents threatened to kill them unless they converted to Islam or paid a "protection tax".
Christians who do not agree to ISIS demands were also given the option to leave Mosul. According to a message from ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, non-complying Christians were permitted to "evacuate themselves only from the caliphate state" by 12 p.m. local time on Saturday or their "only option is the sword."
The families were also warned not to take any of their belongings with them, threatening to harm them if they did so. Signs branding their homes were found throughout the city, including the writing: “it is the property of the Islamic State.”
Iraq is home to one of the world's most ancient Christian communities but its population has dwindled from over 30,000 to just a few thousand amid growing sectarian violence since the US-led invasion in 2003.
Sources
Guardian.
timesofindia
nbcnews.
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