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ISIS Sharia Leaders Order Extermination Of Children With Down Syndrome [VIDEO]

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Islamic State religious leaders ordered all children born with Down syndrome to be executed immediately, reports Iraqi activist group Mosul Eye.

Unconfirmed reports claim ISIS Sharia judges have made a fatwa (religious decree or order) instructing ISIS fighters to murder “newborn babies with Down’s Syndrome or congenital deformities and disabled children.” The order allegedly came from Abu Said Aljazrawi, an ISIS Sharia judge hailing from Saudi Arabia.

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According to Mosul Eye, 38 children have already been executed, mostly by lethal injection and suffocation.

Though the reports are unconfirmed, the fatwa does follow the same path as previous actions against children. In February, the U.N. reported ISIS was using children as sex slaves, human shields and bomb makers.

“We have had reports of children, especially children who are mentally challenged, who have been used as suicide bombers, most probably without them even understanding,” says Renata Winter of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child to Reuters.

Fatwas are religious decrees made by muftis (experts in Islamic Sharia law) that are similar to Supreme Court rulings. All religious Muslims are supposed to follow a fatwa, if it is determined to be well-founded, however it is up to the individual to determine whether or not they will respect the decree. There is no definitive set of requirements that a mufti must follow in order to be allowed to make a fatwa, however the individual must have a strong knowledge of Sharia law, the Koran, and the Hadith (traditions of Muhammad).

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