According to BBC News, the United Nations has announced that the fanatical Islamist group ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) has ordered female genital mutllation of thousands of girls and women in the large city of Mosul, Iraq. http://www.bbc.co.uk/...
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The UN says militant Islamist group Isis has ordered all women and girls in Mosul, northern Iraq, to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).The article also includes this:UN official Jacqueline Badcock said the fatwa, or religious edict, applied to females between the ages of 11 and 46.
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution in December 2012 calling for all member states to ban the practice.According to The Guardian, this fatwa could potentially affect four million people. http://www.theguardian.com/...Ms Badcock, the UN's resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, said the practice "is something very new for Iraq... and does need to be addressed", addressing reporters via video link from the Kurdish provincial capital of Irbil.
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