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.