FGM
In Somaliland, COVID brings ‘cutters’ door to door for girls
By Cara Anna — February 28, 2022
HARGEISA, Somalia (AP) — Experts say instances of FGM rose alarmingly during the pandemic in Somaliland and other parts of Africa as lockdowns kept girls out of school.
Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation
By Fredrick Nzwili — May 8, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Muslim scholars emphasized that FGM is a cultural — not a religious — practice, and one that goes against Islamic teaching.
Beware of criminalizing physicians and parents for their religious traditions
By Aasim Padela — July 21, 2017
CHICAGO/ANN ARBOR, Mich (RNS) — We agree that FGM should disappear immediately. We only ask that all sides of this complex and difficult issue be heard.
Michigan doctor to stay in jail in genital mutilation case
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 19, 2017
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls from a Muslim sect will remain in jail while she awaits trial after a judge on Wednesday expressed concern that she might try to flee the country.
The ’Splainer: What is female genital mutilation, and what does it have to do with Islam?
By Aysha Khan — April 27, 2017
(RNS) This week, two Muslim doctors were indicted in a high-profile genital mutilation case in Michigan, where a lawmaker cited it in an attempt to introduce anti-Shariah legislation.
In Kenya, a pastor fights female genital mutilation with the gospel
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 6, 2017
ISINYA, Kenya (RNS) On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the U.N.-sponsored awareness day, a Presbyterian pastor visited a rescue center for girls escaping the tribal procedure.
Outside Paris, a clinic aims to tackle an age-old practice
By Lauren Markoe — August 25, 2016
ST.-DENIS, France (RNS) A mother, cut as a child, seeks help to make sure her own daughter doesn't suffer the same fate.
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