U.N.: ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq

[ellenrr]

The al-Qaeda-Inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women between the ages of 11 and 46 in and around Iraq's northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday.

“It is a fatwa (or religious edict) of ISIS, we learnt this this morning,” said Jacqueline Badcock, the number two U.N. official in Iraq.


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/24/-ISIS-order-female-genital-mutilation-in-Iraq.html


---let's go back, back...several centuries..

[Petrushka]

1. NEWSWEEK: ISIS denies UN claim

http://www.newsweek.com/isis-deny-un-claim-theyre-ordering-female-genital-mutilation-mosuls-women-261323

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Would you expect them to admit it? n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Even Gawker debunks it

http://gawker.com/experts-say-isiss-female-genital-mutilation-order-is-fa-1610815761

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. BBC News: Doubts grow over Isis 'FGM edict' in Iraq

But media analysts say the decree seen on social media may be a fake.

It has typos and language mistakes and is signed by "The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant", a name the group no longer uses, instead referring to itself as the Islamic State.

Some bloggers suggest that the alleged fatwa, which has been circulated on social media for about two days, may have been aimed at discrediting Isis.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28466434

From The Guardian:

Doubts grow over UN report, seemingly reliant on year-old document from Syria thought to have been doctored.
But plans for a statement by the UK international development secretary, Justine Greening, were dropped as doubts grew about the accuracy of the claim.

Suspicions about its veracity were based partly on the fact that FGM is not required by Islam and is not prevalent in Iraq. It is most widespread in Egypt, Sudan and east Africa.

A document circulating on social media purporting to be the Isis fatwa was in fact dated July 2013, originated in Aleppo, Syria, and was widely described as having being photoshopped.
It appeared on Thursday on the website of the Saudi-owned TV channel al-Arabiya.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/isis-deny-ordering-fgm-girls-mosul

The US news sources are not reporting any doubts of the story, of course.
The UN story is being checked.
And the Saudis have reasons to discredit ISIS.

Middle East events require an extra close scrutiny from multiple sources, as we learned too late from the Bush reign.

[ellenrr]

5. sorry if I posted a fake item. still..it does seem in line with their stated goal of a Caliphate. nt