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Fear is key in the Islamic State’s purge of Iraq
Thousands of Iraqis, predominantly from the minority Yazidi ethnic and Christian groups, have fled to mountainous regions to escape an advance by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
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As the US announces it has launched two more airstrikes on Islamic State forces on Friday, there are reports that the religious extremists in Iraq have taken 500 women captive.
US military aircraft conduct their first airstrikes against the Islamic State – the militant jihadi group that controls much of Iraq, as stranded refugees beg for international assistance.
Thousands of Iraqis, predominantly from the minority Yazidi ethnic and Christian groups, have fled to mountainous regions to escape an advance by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
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Islamic State insurgents capture two northern Iraqi towns and an oil field in their first major victory over Kurdish fighters, according to witnesses.
Militants from the Islamic State have embarked on a campaign of religious destruction in the “caliphate”, erasing shrines and mosques connected to the Shia Muslim and Christian faiths.
Islamic State, which controls of a third of Iraq, orders all girls and women in and around Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the UN says – but there are claims the edict is a hoax.
Tahir Alam, from the Birmingham Park View Academy whose trust has been the focus of “Trojan horse” allegations, says Michael Gove had been “trigger-happy” to take action and had anti-Islamic views.
Iraq’s interior ministry says a video, purporting to show Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in his first public appearance, is a “farce”.
Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, regarded as the most influential voice in Salafist Islam, forcefully rejects the Islamic State’s declaration of a new caliphate and brands them a “deviant group”.
Iraqi troops battle to dislodge an al-Qaeda splinter group from the city of Tikrit after its leader was declared caliph of a new Islamic state across the Syria-Iraq border.
Osama bin Laden’s dream is declared a reality, as the Islamic caliphate is announced by the militants of Isis today, who also demand all other jihadi groups pledge allegiance.
The Lebanese-Australian journalist Rania Abouzeid, who’s reported extensively on Islamic militants in the Middle East speaks to Matt Frei from Beirut on the advances of Isis in the region.
A Tory council candidate has resigned from the party with immediate effect after posting anti-Islamic and homophobic comments on Twitter.
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