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Iraq - Isis Orders All Women & Girls in Mosul to Undergo FGM, Says UN
Iraqi
families displaced by the Isis offensive in
UN says 'fatwa' issued by militant group in and
around Iraqi city could affect 4 million females.
24 June 2014 – The militant group Islamic State (Isis) has ordered all girls and
women in and around Iraq's northern city of
The "fatwa" issued by
the Sunni Muslim fighters would potentially affect 4 million women and girls,
the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, Jacqueline Badcock, told
reporters in Geneva by videolink from Irbil.
"This is something very new
for
"This is not the will of
Iraqi people, or the women of
No one was immediately available
for comment from Isis, which has led an offensive through northern and western
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