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Iraq: Religious leaders issue unprecedented call to support victims of ISIL terror, including fighters’ children  

Iraq: Religious leaders issue unprecedented call to support victims of ISIL terror, including fighters’ children  

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Children are born innocent, “regardless” of their relationship to extremist fighters from the terrorist group known as ISIL or Da’esh, “and they should be treated with kindness and love”.  

That’s one of the key points emphasized by religious leaders in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, in an unprecedented joint declaration, calling for justice on behalf of victims of the terrorist group, which once controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria.  

The document denounces the ideology of Da’esh as “completely contrary to the fundamental values of humanity”, and it’s been endorsed by the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, during a visit to the country.  

Karim Khan, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by Da’esh in Iraq, known as UNITAD, spoke to UN News’s May Yaacoub.  

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May Yaacoub/UN News - Arabic
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George Fakhry/UNITAD