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101. 31 US States Now Have Laws Against Female Genital Cutting, But Government Will Not Appeal in the Federal Michigan Case
(News & Blog)
... pass their own laws banning genital cutting for girls and women, which is now vital since the District Court has ruled that FGC is a state-level crime.  Meanwhile, in India, a group of grassroots Muslim ...
Created on 05 May 2019
102. For survivors and their doctors: An online tool about female genital cutting
(News & Blog)
... in the American-Muslim community, as well as advocates against FGC. The team at GWU was awarded the health-focused funding to do work on a project that would teach other health practitioners how to give ...
Created on 02 May 2019
103. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore: Part II
(News & Blog)
... the cut has no effect on cleanliness, Muslim interlocutors believed it still helps with cleanliness, which was pivotal to their religiosity. Religiously, FGC is expounded upon in a hadith (record of the ...
Created on 30 April 2019
104. Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Issue?
(News & Blog)
... Rights, can only apply to people from “Western” cultures, and different standards should be used to judge the practices of people from “non-Western” cultures like Dawoodi Bohra Muslims. Unfortunately, ...
Created on 20 March 2019
105. The complexities of female genital cutting (FGC) in Singapore
(News & Blog)
... that female circumcision was found exclusively among Muslims, which led him to believe that it was not an indigenous practice, but rather one “borrowed from the Arabs”. In the only anthropological study ...
Created on 19 March 2019
106. Why female genital cutting still continues: Exploring the reasons behind its sustenance
(News & Blog)
... in getting rid of wanzo. In India, Bohra Muslims are evidentially the most significant community practicing FGC, which is termed as khafz. As per the believers of the community, Da’i al-Mutlaq, also ...
Created on 05 February 2019
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Created on 21 December 2021
108. shia muslim
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shia muslim
Created on 07 July 2021
109. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
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Created on 08 June 2017
110. U.S. Muslim Leaders Stance on FGM/C (also known as Female Circumcision)
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