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In Mosul Islamists downed Armenian church's cross and turned it into
preaching center
13:56, 25 July, 2014
YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. In the northern regions of Iraq the Sunni
jihadist group that had proclaimed the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL), downed the Armenian church's cross and turned it into a
preaching center. As reports "Armenpress" the Turkish Media365 news site
informs about this.
It is noted that in the place of the cross the militants of the ISIL have
fixed the flag of their organization.
The site reports also that the ISIL militants issued a fatwa (religious
edict) under which about 4 million girls and women, aged 11 - 46, under
their control must be subjected to forced female circumcision. In the
cities of the "Islamic state" tobacco and hookah smoking is prohibited, all
the restaurants are closed, women are obliged to wear a headscarf.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/770667/in-mosul-islamists-downed-armenian-churchs-cross-and-turned-it-into-preaching-center.html
preaching center
13:56, 25 July, 2014
YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. In the northern regions of Iraq the Sunni
jihadist group that had proclaimed the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL), downed the Armenian church's cross and turned it into a
preaching center. As reports "Armenpress" the Turkish Media365 news site
informs about this.
It is noted that in the place of the cross the militants of the ISIL have
fixed the flag of their organization.
The site reports also that the ISIL militants issued a fatwa (religious
edict) under which about 4 million girls and women, aged 11 - 46, under
their control must be subjected to forced female circumcision. In the
cities of the "Islamic state" tobacco and hookah smoking is prohibited, all
the restaurants are closed, women are obliged to wear a headscarf.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/770667/in-mosul-islamists-downed-armenian-churchs-cross-and-turned-it-into-preaching-center.html