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The report could be fake, according to journalists and residents inside Mosul.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/artic...-ordered-all-women-to-undergo-fgm--lyuebSA6Wl
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Al Arabyia
BBC News
The report could be fake, according to journalists and residents inside Mosul.
ThinkProgress has also said this is not accurate.
No, ISIS Isn’t Ordering Female Genital Mutilation In Iraq
http://i100.independent.co.uk/artic...-ordered-all-women-to-undergo-fgm--lyuebSA6Wl
Islamist group Isis orders women aged 11 to 46 in Mosul, Iraq, to undergo female genital mutilation, UN says
The al-Qaeda-Inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq's northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday.
The "fatwa" issued by the Sunni Muslim fighters would potentially affect 4 million women and girls, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters in Geneva by videolink from Arbil.
"This is something very new for Iraq, particularly in this area, and is of grave concern and does need to be addressed," she said.
"This is not the will of Iraqi people, or the women of Iraq in these vulnerable areas covered by the terrorists," she added.
No one was immediately available for comment from Islamic State which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq.
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The ritual cutting of girls' genitals is practised by some African, Middle Eastern and Asian communities in the belief it prepares them for adulthood or marriage.
The UN General Assembly approved a resolution in December 2012 calling for all member states to ban the practice.
Source
Al Arabyia
BBC News