Brave New Democratic Iraq Update: “Iraq: Militant Group Threatens Female Students in Kirkuk,” from AKI, with thanks to Johnathan:
Arbil, 6 June (AKI) – The Ansar al-Sunna, the main Islamist group in Iraqi Kurdistan, has threatened to either kill or kidnap the female students of Kirkuk, the oil capital of northern Iraq, should they wear trousers, put on make-up or fail to cover their heads with a scarf. A number of posters issuing such a threat have been distributed and affixed on the walls of Kirkuk, a local source said. In the poster, the Islamist group explicitly requested female students to “wear the headscarf and the traditional black Islamic gown.”