It
has all the key points you'd expect on a birth certificate -- baby's weight,
length and date of birth confirmed with an official insignia. The difference
here is the governing authority's stamp: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
It's
one of many official documents relating to matters such as vaccination
schedules, fishing methods and rent disputes in the areas now controlled by
ISIS.
For
ISIS sees itself as a government operating under a rule of law, even if the
group is most often talked about for its barbaric punishment of anyone who
resists or defies its medieval interpretation of that Islamic law.
The
ISIS documents, some shared with CNN by researcher Aymenn Al-Tamimi, give a
window into the bureaucracy of the self-declared caliphate.
Last
summer, ISIS fighters swept through the Iraqi city of Mosul. Once they took
power, leaders wanted to show they could bring stability allowing daily life to
resume. So, they quickly reopened the University of Mosul, albeit under a
radically altered curriculum.
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