Islamic State says women in Mosul must wear full veil or be punished

Sunni insurgents, who have declared a caliphate, impose radical brand of Islam

Residents shop at a market Mosul. Sunni insurgents run vice patrols in the city that answer to a morality committee which has shut Mosul’s college of fine arts and physical education, knocked down statues of famous poets and banned smoking and waterpipes. Photograph: Reuters

Residents shop at a market Mosul. Sunni insurgents run vice patrols in the city that answer to a morality committee which has shut Mosul’s college of fine arts and physical education, knocked down statues of famous poets and banned smoking and waterpipes. Photograph: Reuters

Islamic State, the al-Qaeda offshoot formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which seized large swathes of northern Iraq last month, has warned women in the city of Mosul to wear full-face veils or risk severe punishment.

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