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Sex charge should stick in mutilation case, feds say

endfgmtoday October 24, 2017 October 24, 2017ACLU, at-risk girls, Detroit, Domestic Violence Act, Elizabeth Yore, endorsers of FGM in America, Federal Charges, Feminism, FGM, Health Information, Immigrants, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Media, Michigan, Religious practice, U.S.

full article originally posted at: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/10/19/sex-charge-stick-genital-mutilation-case-feds-say/106793430/ Detroit – Dr. Jumana Nagarwala digitally penetrated and cut the genitalia of 7-year-old girls and should face a sex charge in the nation’s first female genital mutilation trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors made the argument four weeks after the Northville doctor and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar of…

FBI Launches New Fight to Uncover Secretive Female Genital Mutilation in US

endfgmtoday October 18, 2017 October 18, 2017at-risk girls, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Legislation, Maine, Michigan, Religious practice

Originally posted at:http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/october/fbi-launches-new-fight-to-uncover-secretive-female-genital-mutilation-in-us Most Americans are unaware of a very old, barbaric tradition which continues to be practiced to this day inside their own country. For decades, the horrific practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has continued in the US due to secretive trafficking. This torture has endured unsuspected,…

Female genital mutilation trial moved to June 2018

endfgmtoday October 10, 2017 October 10, 2017at-risk girls, Detroit, Importing FGM to America, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Legislation, Michigan

Jumana Nagarwala The trial date for the landmark genital mutilation case involving a former Henry Ford Health System doctor and seven other defendants has again been moved forward – this time for eight months, to allow attorneys and prosecutors more opportunity to prepare. The jury trial for Jumana Nagarwala and…

Female genital mutilation is not a sex act, attorney says

endfgmtoday October 3, 2017 October 3, 2017at-risk girls, Dawoodi Bohra, Detroit, Jumana Nagarwala, Uncategorized

DETROIT, MI — Federal prosecutors charged two Detroit-area doctors, who are also accused of female genital mutilation, with an additional crime usually reserved for pimps who prostitute young girls. Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville, a former physician at Henry Ford Hospital, is accused of performing religious-based female circumcisions on…

Genital cutting defendants: Show us photos of alleged victims’ genitalia

endfgmtoday August 10, 2017 August 10, 2017Jumana Nagarwala, Michigan

The defense in Michigan’s genital mutilation case is demanding the government turn over “the most significant piece” of evidence: Photos and videos of the genitalia of the young girls who are listed as the victims in the case. The photos are key evidence because the defendants have always maintained that…

Michigan FGM case could test bounds of religious liberty

endfgmtoday July 27, 2017 July 27, 2017Islam, Jumana Nagarwala, Michigan, Religious practice

This fall, a United States district judge will hear a landmark case: For the first time, the federal government is pursuing a case of female genital mutilation on American soil. Defense lawyers have said they will argue a freedom of religion defense – setting the stage for an explosive test…

Michigan takes female genital mutilators to court

endfgmtoday July 24, 2017 July 24, 2017Jumana Nagarwala, Michigan, Religious practice

On July 19, U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman denied bail for Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, a physician, as the Detroit Free Press reported, “accused of cutting the genitals of two Minnesota girls as part of a religious procedure.” According to the court, Nagarwala may have subjected as many as 100…

FBI Probe Into Female Genital Mutilation Expands Beyond Michigan to New York, California and Illinois

endfgmtoday July 24, 2017 July 25, 2017at-risk girls, Detroit, Jumana Nagarwala, Michigan

The FBI’s investigation into genital mutilation of girls, some as young as six-years-old, has expanded beyond the original case in Michigan where two doctors were arrested and indicted in April. Girls from Minnesota were taken to Michigan for “treatment” by their parents. A refresher on some of the details: The…

Michigan doctor to stay in jail in genital mutilation case

endfgmtoday July 20, 2017 July 20, 2017Detroit, Jumana Nagarwala, Michigan

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. U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman took note of the roughly three dozen people who were…

In wake of Detroit cases, American Muslims target female genital mutilation

endfgmtoday July 19, 2017 July 24, 2017Detroit, Islam, Jumana Nagarwala

Female genital mutilation (FGM) was long seen as an “over there” problem; it is now an “everywhere problem.” In a Skype conversation, London-based FGM survivor Hibo Wardere said the Detroit FGM trial has forced Americans to open their eyes to a brutal practice that happens within their own borders. For…