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Police take on 'child abuse' of female circumcision Law to be enforced in face of cultural tradition ... No one has yet been prosecuted under the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act in 1985 and the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Kenya:U.S. and Kenya Partner to End Female 'Cut' Jul 8, 2007
She says stopping female circumcision should be viewed as a matter of life and death, rather than an attempt to fight culture. The U.S. Ambassador could not agree more. (allAfrica.com)
Egypt officials ban female circumcision Jul 3, 2007
The death of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision in the country's south sparked a public outcry, prompting health and religious authorities to issue Thursday, June 28, 2007, a ban on the practice ... CAIRO, Egypt (AP) The death of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision has sparked a public outcry and prompted health and religious authorities to ban the practice ... The case sparked widespread... (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
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Egypt forbids female circumcision. In pictures: Concert for Diana. (BBC News)
Egypt outlaws circumcision after girl dies Jul 1, 2007
Public outcry over the death of a 12-year-old girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision has forced health authorities in Egypt to ban the practice ... The case sparked widespread condemnation of female circumcision, or genital mutilation ... The country's supreme religious authorities last week stressed Islam is against female circumcision. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Egypt forbids female circumcision Jul 1, 2007
Egypt has announced that it is imposing a complete ban on female circumcision, also known as genital mutilation ... Egypt's first lady, Susanne Mubarak, has spoken out strongly against female circumcision, saying that it is a flagrant example of continued physical and psychological violence against children which must stop ... The Grand Mufti and the head of the Coptic Church said female circumcision had no basis either in the Koran or in the Bible. (Yahoo News -- Egypt)
Thaksin lodges bid for Man City Jun 30, 2007
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Death of 12-Year-Old Circumcised Girl Shocks Egypt Jun 30, 2007
On Thursday, the issued a decree on female circumcision, stating that it is "prohibited for any doctors, nurses, or any other person to carry out any cut of, flattening or modification of any natural part of the female reproductive system, either in government hospitals, non government or any other places." ... Female genital mutilation, , or as it is often called, female circumcision, usually involves the removal of the clitoris and other parts of female genitalia ... The order was reversed in... (Fox News)
Egypt bans female circumcision after 12-year-old dies Jun 30, 2007
Egypt bans female circumcision after death of 12-year-old girl ... Egypt has banned all female circumcision after the death this week of a 12-year-old girl undergoing the widely practised procedure ... Female circumcision, which involves the removal of the clitoris, and is also called female genital mutilation, was made illegal in Egypt in 1997. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Man accused of transsexual murder Jun 29, 2007
Egypt forbids female circumcision. How to write a business plan. (BBC News)
Egypt toughens ban on cutting of female genitals Jun 29, 2007
Both Tantawi and Coptic Pope Shenouda, the leader of Egypt's minority Christian community, have said that neither the Koran nor the Bible demand or mention female circumcision, which is usually performed on pre-pubescent girls. The practice involves cutting off part or all of the clitoris and other female genitalia, sometimes by a doctor but also often by a relative or midwives. (Globe and Mail -- International)
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'Better test' for cervical cancer Jun 29, 2007
Egypt forbids female circumcision. War on Rio's drug gang slums. (BBC News)
Mufti forbids circumcision Jun 26, 2007
CAIRO: The state-appointed Grand Mufti of Egypt has decreed that female circumcision is forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic. While circumcision remains widespread, Sunday's statement was the strongest yet by the Mufti, Ali Gomaa, who is the Government's official arbiter of Islamic law. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
More Africans emmigrating to America Jun 17, 2007
Women s rights activists and health officials have been on the lookout for cases of female circumcision illegal in the U.S. but a common practice in some African regions. Wanjiru Kamau, the Kenyan activist, says many newly arrived Africans find American culture bewildering. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
African immigrants in U.S. caught between worlds Jun 17, 2007
" While African-Americans trace their presence in America back to the slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries, the modern surge of Africans dates to the post-independence era of the 1960s and '70s. Persistent conflict and corrupt government in much of Africa prompted more to follow in subsequent years, and the surge increased in the 1990s due to the Diversity Visa Lottery, a federal program boosting immigration from countries that traditionally sent few people. The largest groups of Africans... (USA Today)
Ghana: Genital Mutilation Now a Big Crime Jun 16, 2007
The bill yet to receive Presidential assent before becoming operational, seeks to amend the Criminal Code to change Female Circumcision to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It also seeks to widen the scope of the actual nature of the offence and alter the scope of responsibility to include all other accomplices to FGM practice. (allAfrica.com)
Parliament passes Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill Jun 15, 2007
The bill yet to receive Presidential assent before becoming operational, seeks to amend the Criminal Code to change the reference Female Circumcision to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It also seeks to widen the scope of the actual nature of the offence and alter the scope of responsibility to include all other accomplices to FGM practice. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Breathing can wait Jun 13, 2007 Sembene Ousmane, 84; called leader of filmmaking in Africa Jun 11, 2007 Taking a standBBC award for man who got female genital mutilation banned Jun 9, 2007 S Leone bans child brides not FGM Jun 9, 2007 All for the fear of female sexuality Jun 7, 2007 Parliament divided over suitable punishment for FGM Jun 7, 2007 Kenya in deadly sect crackdown Jun 6, 2007 Deadly Kenyan sect shoot-out Jun 6, 2007 Mother desperate to avoid deportation Jun 5, 2007 Author calls on Muslims to reform Jun 3, 2007 Kenya president warns on killings Jun 2, 2007 Women are losers in world of Islam, says author May 30, 2007 FGM accomplices to face tougher law May 30, 2007 Health activists look to religion to make the case against female genital mutilation May 25, 2007 An up-and-coming writer May 25, 2007 Kenyan judge frees sect leader May 25, 2007 Beheadings spark Kenyan sect hunt May 23, 2007 Women empowered May 19, 2007 Student sues over gay Brokeback May 14, 2007 Kenya: Girls Leave School After Harmful Ritual May 9, 2007 God and woman in Egypt May 7, 2007 Letter from Liberia Apr 29, 2007 Eritrea exits African bloc over Somalia dispute Apr 23, 2007 Fear takes poll race to wire Apr 22, 2007 U.S. envoy attacks female circumcision in Kenya Apr 22, 2007 Riz Khan Show Apr 11, 2007 Wankers Away: Apr 9, 2007 Sarkozy banking on a right turn to put him on the road to victory Apr 8, 2007 New York City to promote circumcision to reduce HIV spread Apr 8, 2007 * Economic development before the law Apr 7, 2007 President threatens prime minister Apr 6, 2007 Government Proclamation Banning FGM Apr 6, 2007 News in brief Apr 6, 2007 Eritrea bans female genital mutilation Apr 6, 2007 Five-step check for nano safety Apr 5, 2007 Altruistic egg donation 'allowed' Apr 5, 2007 Robotic baby helps trainee nurses Apr 5, 2007 Eritrea bans female circumcision Apr 5, 2007 Feminists are angry, but for good reason Mar 20, 2007 MONA CHAREN: Feminist author's book is critical of Islamic culture Mar 19, 2007 A feminist for the ages ... Mar 18, 2007 The White Masai ** Mar 16, 2007 Readers react to circumcision debate Mar 11, 2007 Circumcision campaign developed for Africa Mar 8, 2007 Egypt's most prominent feminist shuns homeland Mar 8, 2007 --WND Exclusive-- Mar 6, 2007 James H. Walsh: Citizenship Giveaway Feb 27, 2007 Pablo: Islamophobia & civil-rights Feb 23, 2007 SUZANNE FIELDS: Female courage unveiled Feb 19, 2007 Outspoken Critic of Islam Finds Refuge in Conservative American Think Tank Feb 17, 2007 In Tanzania, Roth '08 takes a teenager under her wing Feb 16, 2007 LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS Feb 15, 2007 Killing of animals in South Africa opens racial divide Feb 14, 2007 Empty Bowls unites art and activism at Hopkins Center Feb 12, 2007 Rites and wrongs Feb 11, 2007 VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: America the blameworthy Feb 10, 2007 EGYPT: Five million infected with Hepatitis C Feb 7, 2007 Parents Turn to Clinics for Genital Mutilation - U.N. Feb 6, 2007 - Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali on living in fear of her life Feb 4, 2007 World traveler to highlight extraordinary women with uncommon courage Jan 26, 2007 Nominated, Sarkozy stresses values of 'republican right' Jan 15, 2007 Muslims 'should get special health care' Jan 14, 2007 Call for faith-based NHS services Jan 12, 2007
Asked about the practice of female circumcision, held in revulsion by Western women, he said the young women in the village viewed the procedure with apprehension but also with pride; it's a rite of passage into adulthood. Living in Africa also gave him a new view of poverty. (Herald-Tribune)
Custom trumps circumcision law Jun 12, 2007
Eritrea bans female circumcision in April Participation in or promotion of the practice brings a big fine or jail sentence But custom dies hard in the small nation on the Horn of Africa About 90 percent of Eritrean women are circumcised Adjust font size ... Aid workers say cultural traditions will be the biggest barrier to eradicating female circumcision. (CNN -- World)
Like his novels, his films tackled issues from female circumcision to the plight of railroad workers. "He was equidistant from literature and from cinema," Niangan said. (Boston Globe)
The Fon of Mbemi (right) agreed to ban female circumcision ... Mr Ebie explained in his entry that when he was growing up, he had been made to believe that female circumcision was an "act of virtue" for woman, and thus obligatory for every girl ... Female circumcision is widespread in parts of Africa. (BBC News -- Africa)
Female circumcision is common in many African countries. Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a child rights bill, which bans under-age weddings but controversially dropped a clause to outlaw female circumcision. (BBC News -- Africa)
In her best-selling autobiography, Infidel, Hirsi Ali describes her gruesome experience of female circumcision at five, and the heart-rending screams of her younger sister. It underlines her critique of her former religion, that its oppression of women is the root of all that ails the Muslim world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Bill was being taken through the Consideration Stage and it seeks to amend the Criminal Code to change the reference female circumcision to female genital mutilation to widen the scope of the actual nature of the offence and alter the scope of responsibility to include all other accomplices to the practice. Mr. Osei-Ameyaw said stiffer punishment was needed to discourage the practice and 10 years minimum and 25 years maximum was in order. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The religious group, with alleged historic ties to the Mau Mau independence uprising, comprises mainly of snuff-taking, dreadlocked youths which supports traditions such as female circumcision and oath-taking. Slum residents said there were scenes of chaos as heavily-armed riot police sought out Mungiki members on Monday evening. (Aljazeera.Net)
Banned in 2002 Thought to be ethnic Kikuyu militants Mungiki means multitude in Kikuyu Inspired by the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s Claim to have more than 1m followers Promote female circumcision and oath-taking Believed to be linked to high-profile politicians Control public transport routes, demanding levies Blamed for revenge murders in the central region ... The sect promotes female circumcision and oath-taking and was outlawed in 2002. (BBC News -- Africa)
Female genital mutilation, often referred to as "female circumcision," is the term applied to cultural practices that involve the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs. Initial complications range from severe pain and hemorrhage to infections causing death. (Globe and Mail -- National)
The author of Infidel survived a civil war, female circumcision and escaped an arranged marriage in her homeland before fleeing to the Netherlands. She says Muslims must examine their religion and "review the example of the prophet Muhammad. Muslims are not used to criticising Islam, they are not used to criticising the prophet Muhammad", she told a sell-out audience at the Sydney Theatre. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The sect promotes female circumcision and oath taking and was outlawed in 2002. In recent years they have been battling with public transport operators who refuse to pay them protection fees. (BBC News -- Africa)
Hanifa Deen, a Melbourne author and Muslim feminist, said Ali had obviously been "deeply psychologically scarred by what happened to her as a child" and was right to speak out against female circumcision. "One has to resist these cruel, tribal customs which are performed by misguided Muslims and Christians in some East African societies. We should not allow them to continue under religious or cultural pretexts," she said. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Accra, May 29, GNA- Parliament on Tuesday debated the merits of a bill that seeks to change the reference "female circumcision" to female genital mutilation to widen the scope of the offence after a motion was moved for the Second Reading of the bill ... The Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) was amended in 1994 to provide for female circumcision as second degree felony due to public outcry against the cruel practice ... According to the report, the committee observed continual practice of... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
"The guiding factor is always Islam," says 34-year-old Maryam Sheikh Abdi, who grew up in a region of northeast Kenya where 98 percent of girls are believed to undergo the procedure, a genital mutilation sometimes called female circumcision. Women believe "the pain, the problems, the bleeding ---- they are all God's will.". (North County Times)
Asked about the practice of female circumcision, held in revulsion by Western women, he said the young women in the village viewed the procedure with apprehension but also with pride; it's a rite of passage into adulthood ... Asked about the practice of female circumcision, held in revulsion by Western women, he said the young women in the village viewed the procedure with apprehension but also with pride; it's a rite of passage into adulthood. (Herald-Tribune)
The group promotes female circumcision and oath taking and was banned in 2002. I acquit Njenga and others because prosecution has failed to prove its case to sustain a conviction. (BBC News -- Africa)
The sect promotes female circumcision and oath taking and was banned in 2002. Police say the latest victims of the sect members were abducted and tortured before being hacked to death and their bodies dismembered. (BBC News)
Two weeks later, the men voted to end female circumcision in their village. The photograph of Abay shows a confident, beautiful woman in a diptych with a camel. (Durango Herald)
It must be such a drag that Australia doesn't promote honour killings, female circumcision and ignorance about human sexuality. I am so disgusted by religiously founded ignorance and hatred. (Daily Telegraph)
Female circumcision is still common in many parts of Rift Valley Province, leading to a high drop-out rate in schools among girls ... The role of the committees is to sensitise the society on the dangers of early marriages and female circumcision, besides telling parents that the practice violates the law. (allAfrica.com)
" This is not the first time that religious officials have attacked al-Saadawi. Dozens of her books have been banned in Egypt and other Arab countries. Several years ago, she challenged the importance of the Hajj, the annual journey Muslims make to Mecca as an expression of unity. She argued that the tawaf, the ritual of walking counter-clockwise around the Kaaba, is a pre-Islamic practice that has nothing to do with Islam. She has also campaigned against the Islamic veil and female... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The list is long: female circumcision, marriage from the age of 11, polygamy, spousal ownership. Girls have 'traditionally been discouraged from school. (Guardian Unlimited)
The U.S. ambassador to Kenya attacked the practice of female circumcision on Saturday, saying local communities must denounce it. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is widespread in the east African nation, where the government estimates about a third of women has suffered the procedure. (AlertNet)
Here, we don't want veils at school, or polygamy, or female circumcision, or forced marriages. . (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
KILGORIS, Kenya, April 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Kenya attacked the practice of female circumcision on Saturday, saying local communities must denounce it ... Ranneberger said he realised female circumcision was a culturally sensitive topic in parts of the country ... The U.S. ambassador to Kenya attacked the practice of female circumcision on Saturday, saying local communities must denounce it. (AlertNet)
El Saadawi has written and spoken out against female circumcision, corruption, and religious rule and has been threatened with murder unless she quiets down. She also ran against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, in 2004, to expose the limits of democracy in Egypt. (Aljazeera.Net)
For male vs. female circumcision, click. . (Slate)
An Easter visit to a chocolate-maker must have seemed like a good idea for Nicolas Sarkozy, as he strives to show that he s a warm-hearted guy and no longer just France s top cop, a fortnight before the presidential vote. With afternoon sun on his shopfront Sebastien Bouillet, one of the best chocolatiers in Lyons, waited for the arrival of the conservative favourite and recent Interior Minister. (Times Online)
For the practice sometimes referred to as "female circumcision", see Female genital cutting. - A nonprofit educational organization with the purpose of informing the public and professionals about the practice of circumcision. (SpiritIndia)
Likewise, the tradition of female circumcision is still a common practice in African countries such as Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Somalia and Eritrea, where more than 85 percent of young women suffer from it. Abolishing such customs is a moral obligation, but in other instances, the international community often needs to decide which institutions to change and how. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
eritrea Genital mutilation of females banned Eritrea's government said it has abolished the practice of female circumcision, describing it as a threat to the lives of women. Anyone who requests, incites, promotes, or witnesses female circumcision is subject to a fine and imprisonment, Eritrea's information ministry said late Wednesday ... "Female circumcision is a procedure that seriously endangers the health of women, and causes them considerable pain and suffering besides threatening their... (Boston Globe)
com: Eritrea: Proclamation Issued to Abolish Female Circumcision (Page 1 of 1) ... Eritrea: Proclamation Issued to Abolish Female Circumcision ... The Government of Eritrea has issued a Proclamation to abolish female circumcision. (allAfrica.com)
Ministry announces ban on female circumcision. Eritrea has abolished female circumcision, saying that it threatens the lives of women ... Anyone who requests, incites, promotes or witnesses female circumcision is subject to a fine and imprisonment, Eritrea's information ministry said on Wednesday. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
About 90 percent of Eritrean girls undergo life-threatening circumcision Anyone who incites, promotes practice faces huge fine or up to 10 years in jail "Seriously endangers" health, lives; causes "considerable pain and suffering" Female circumcision widespread tradition in Horn of Africa nations Adjust font size. ASMARA, Eritrea (Reuters) -- Eritrea has banned female circumcision, a life-threatening tradition that aid groups say is inflicted upon about 90 percent of the country's women ...... (CNN -- World)
Eritrea bans female circumcision. Hybrid embryo ban 'unnecessary. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
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Eritrea bans female circumcision. Malaysia lambasts Top Gear host. (Yahoo News -- Fertility & Pregnancy)
Female circumcision is widespread in many parts of Africa. Eritrea has banned the life-threatening practice of female circumcision, the Eritrean information ministry has said ... Female circumcision is a procedure that seriously endangers the health of women. (BBC News -- Africa)
Young girls are undergoing "female circumcision" because there is a belief that mutilating girls will keep them "chaste.". Not to mention the sexual assault crimes taking place in our society. (University News, MO)
She was also tortured -- there is no other word for it -- by female circumcision. She writes, "In Somalia, like many countries across Africa and the Middle East, little girls are made 'pure' by having their genitals cut out." This was done to Hirsi Ali when she was 5. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
At an early age, she was subjected to female circumcision. Growing up in an environment in which Islam was accepted unquestioningly as the basis of social structure, morality and politics, she herself fell for a time under the spell of Islamism. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Inevitably, though, rifts appear, as the customs of the country everything from the corruption of the local chief to the practise of female circumcision start to take a toll on the relationship. Matters come to a head when, in a burst of entrepreneurial spirit, Carola opens a successful store, whereupon Lemalian's damaged pride builds to violent jealousy which, in turn, sparks two outcomes: (1) the beginning of the end and (2) a burst of pretty mundane melodrama. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Many readers took exception with the comments of Dr. Mark Reiss, a retired physician and executive vice president of particularly with his drawing a comparison between male and female circumcision ... Female circumcision is outlawed in the U.S., regardless of cultural or religious obligation ... Reiss attempt at comparing societys reaction between male circumcision and female circumcision is not only entirely off-base, but completely irrelevant. (MSNBC -- Health)
While I don't disagree with your basic premise that the study did not take all items into account, I feel that equating male and female circumcision in this regard is ludicrous. I don't like the ideas behind male circumcision but the age old practices, especially tribal practices, of female circumcision go *well* beyond loosing sensitive foreskin ... Those that don't want to see male and female circumcision compared are usually sensitive circumcised males and/or parents of circumcised children... (Monsters and Critics.com)
Saadawi has long been a thorn in the side of Egypt's political and religious establishment, campaigning against the Islamic veil, inequality in inheritance rights between men and women, polygamy and female circumcision -- all condoned by Al-Azhar clerics. In 2005 she even ran for president in a short-lived campaign that included a proposal for the sheikh of Al-Azhar to be elected by popular vote rather than being appointed by the president. (Yahoo! Asia News)
eliminate practices, such as female circumcision, honor killing, forced veiling, and forced marriage, that further the oppression of women; protect sexual and gender minorities from persecution and violence. reform sectarian education that teaches intolerance and bigotry towards non-Muslims. (WorldNetDaily)
If for instance, the culture/religious belief of an immigrant group calls for female circumcision (mutilation), no governmental interference is permitted, no sovereignty nor national right is superior to the immigrant diversity prerogative, whether cultural, tribal, or religious. This polyethnic rights theory is the basis of multicultural citizenship now permeating many U.S. campuses. (Newsmax)
The CBC reported that on February 12, the town council amended the code, removing references to no stoning of women in public and no female circumcision. . (Zmag.org)
She endured painful female circumcision at the age of five. As a teenager she took pride and pleasure in wearing the hijab that covers the entire body in black, declaring her faith to all. (Washington Times)
Hirsi Ali's book provides a graphic account of how her grandmother had her subjected to genital mutilation, sometimes called female circumcision, when she was 5 years old. The practice began in Africa, before Islam, but some African Muslim societies still see it as a requirement of religion. (The Ledger)
""She believes in genital mutilation," Roth continued, "and wants to force Clementina to have a female circumcision, after which [she] plans to force Clementina into prostitution in order that she earn money for the family. "Roth added that the situation is particularly dire given the area's high rate of sexually transmitted disease infection."If she becomes a prostitute in this area of Tanzania, she will undoubtedly contract HIV/AIDS," Roth said. In an effort to prevent such a fate, Roth --... (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
In this documentary, executive producer -- and American writer -- Alice Walker searches for the cultural and historical roots of female circumcision. Corporate bands to battle again. (Herald Sun)
"Cannibalism, infanticide, female circumcision, slavery, suppression of women, exploitation of children, ritual slaughter, bullfighting, bear baiting, fox hunting are among so-called 'cultural traditions' practiced by some groups, the loss of which should not be mourned," Pickover told the South African Press Association. The SPCA says it is difficult to get authorities to prosecute any animal cruelty case, not just ritual spearing. (Boston Globe)
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FGM -- also known as female circumcision and female genital cutting -- refers to several rituals, common in parts of Africa and, to a lesser extent, Asia and the Middle East. In practicing societies, circumcision is seen variously as a religious obligation, a rite of passage, a hygienic measure, a means of controlling sexuality, and a prerequisite for marriageability. (Boston Globe)
Jihadists may not like Western drug use, homosexuality, rap music or abortion any more than we do female circumcision, polygamy, Shariah law and gender apartheid, which are as common in the Middle East as our purported offenses are in the West. But would anyone thereby justify Americans suicide-bombing Muslim civilians. (Washington Times)
However, female circumcision has dramatically decreased, with more awareness and a ban by law, said el-Sayed. As part of its Unite for Children, Unite Against Aids campaign, UNICEF Egypt has also been trying to raise awareness of the more common dangers of contracting HCV. Changing peoples behaviour and attitudes toward blood safety is key, according to Wessam el-Beih, UNICEFs Unite Against Aids Egypt co-ordinator. (IRINnews.org)
The practice, also known as female circumcision, usually involves cutting of the clitoris and other parts of the female genitalia. Many practitioners are untrained and use crude instruments. (ABC News)
Qaradawi has been promoted by London mayor Ken Livingstone as a moderate voice, but on his Islam-online website he writes of female circumcision: 'Anyhow, it is not obligatory, whoever finds it serving the interest of his daughters should do it, and I personally support this under the current circumstances in the modern world. . (Guardian Unlimited)
The practice, sometimes called female circumcision, is widely practiced in parts of central Africa ... After five years, she had earned the trust of the women and started talking to them about female circumcision. (Winona Daily News, MN)
He said that as president he would enforce French laws against polygamy and female circumcision. He characterized France's generous social services safety net as in crisis because people do not work long and hard enough. (International Herald Tribune)
He warned some faith groups might support practices which may be unacceptable to the majority - such as female circumcision and the refusal to accept blood transfusions. Share this article. (This is London)
" And he added that some faith groups might support practices which may be morally and ethically unacceptable to the majority - for example female circumcision and the refusal to accept blood transfusions in life saving situations. Professor Esmail said going down the path of providing special services for defined groups risks stigmatisation and stereotyping. "In an ideal world doctors would ask about a patient's beliefs not so that they can be categorised but because it might be important for... (BBC News -- UK)
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