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101. Protecting the girl child: The need for an anti-FGM law in India 
(News & Blog)
... as discrimination against women, it is often the women of the community who are the perpetrators of this practice. It thus boils down to FGM being a facet of religion governed by individual belief. Autonomy ...
Created on 06 August 2020
102. Why human rights education, including FGC, is crucial for American classrooms
(News & Blog)
... so we should not condemn it.  FGC is often justified with religion, but it is not technically a religious practice. It pre-dates Islam and Christianity. Medicalization does not remove many of the physical ...
Created on 13 July 2020
103. U.S. may deny asylum for females fleeing gender-based violence
(News & Blog)
... must prove the persecution they fear is for reason of her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion. FGC is often thought to be a religious requirement. ...
Created on 06 July 2020
104. Part II–Medicalising khatna within the Bohra community: A Struggle of Tradition and Modernity
(News & Blog)
By Fatema Kakal (This is Part II in a series about female genital cutting within the Bohra community. Read Part I here.) While religion and religious leaders, along with culture and tradition can be ...
Created on 23 June 2020
105. How I learned female genital mutilation is happening in India
(News & Blog)
... that something I thought was happening in different parts of the world, has happened in the state I lived in. The friendship with her became strained because she felt I was talking against her religion, ...
Created on 09 June 2020
106. Religion
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Religion
Created on 12 July 2021
107. What Islam says about Female Genital Cutting and how far are these texts invincible? (Part 1)
(Article tagged with: Religion)
... is required, would add dynamism to the religion. Islam as a whole neither complies with the practice nor endorses FGC. Despite repeated invocation of religious references as a justification for FGC, ...
Created on 06 October 2018