January 19, 2011
The Northern African Islamic Republic of Mauritania has issued a fatwa, or Islamic law, banning female genital mutilation (FGM). The authors of the law used religious legal experts to support this change in law. The experts supported “their assertion that [s]uch practices were not present in the Maghreb countries over the past centuries” and removed ...
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July 26, 2010
For most children summer is a time of fun and relaxation. But for girls from families where female genital mutilation (FGM) is the norm, school holidays are the time when they are most likely to get cut. Between 500 and 2,000 girls will undergo FGM this summer in the UK. This happens either by taking ...