Female genital mutilation (FGM) isn't someone else's problem. It has come to America.
Female genital mutilation is something we all must be concerned about.
Not only for the victims in foreign countries.
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls in America are in danger of FGM.
The world is waking up to the reality of mutilating women and girls. The United Nations has designated February 6 as the Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM, and is in Phase III of eradicating the practice worldwide.
The movement to ban FGM is picking up among state legislatures across America.
EndFGMtoday.com shows what you can do to help.
Eyes of the Nation on Maine Female Genital Mutilation Bill Vote; Sponsor to Make Impassioned Plea to Maine Legislature
***NEWS RELEASE*** For Immediate Release June 28, 2017 CONTACT: Beth Harrison, Hamilton Strategies, 610.584.1096, ext. 104, [email protected], or Deborah Hamilton, 215.815.7716, 610.584.1096, ext. 102 Eyes of the Nation on Maine Female Genital Mutilation Bill Vote; Sponsor to Make Impassioned Plea to Maine Legislature Rep. Heather Sirocki Urges Fellow Lawmakers to…
Attorney: Mutilation not a protected religious right
A constitutional law expert contends religious freedom is no justification for upholding the genital mutilation of young girls. Three people, including a doctor, face charges in Detroit federal court for performing the mutilations. All three are members of the Shia Muslim sect Dawoodi Bohra. Well-known liberal civil rights attorney Alan…
Alan Dershowitz explains why he’s helping FGM defendants
Criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz explains why he’s part of the legal defense team of FGM practitioners under federal prosecution in Detroit. Dershowitz claims he’s advising three defendants accused of mutilating the genitals of two 7-year-old girls in order to help curtail the practice of FGM. “Alan Dershowitz is advising a…
Virginia mosque in turmoil after FGM endorsement video
A Virginia mosque leader’s pro-FGM video has plunged the local religious community in turmoil. Imam Shaker Elsayed, longtime leader of the Dar-al Hijrah Islamic Center outside Washington, DC, is now “on leave” after his spokesman quit over the outrage surrounding Elsayed’s May 19 video endorsing female genital mutilation. Another imam…
Michigan doctor may have mutilated genitals of 100 girls
A Michigan doctor facing trial for FGM may have mutilated the genitals of up to 100 girls, federal prosecutors say. The mutilations allegedly occurred “during a 12-year conspiracy,” according to prosecutors seeking to keep the doctor and two assistants behind bars until their October trial, the Detroit News reports. “Due…
Virginia imam makes video endorsing FGM
An influential Muslim cleric in Virginia made a video presentation endorsing female genital mutilation. FGM is a good way to prevent “hypersexuality” and is “the honorable thing to do – if needed – for girls,” Imam Shaker Elsayed stated in the video. Elsayed heads the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in…
O.J. Simpson’s lawyer defends FGM as religious freedom
Famed defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz has joined the legal team of two Islamic physicians being prosecuted in Michigan for mutilating the genitals of little girls. “This is the first such case prosecuted in the United States,” Heat Street reports. “The defense team is expected to make a two-pronged argument, saying…
CNN reports on ‘the alarming rise of FGM in America’
Female genital mutilation in the US has “more than tripled” in the past two decades, CNN reports. This tripling coincides with the rise of immigration from countries and cultures where FGM is a common practice. “Since 1990, the estimated number of girls and women in the US who have undergone…
‘I underwent genital mutilation as a child – right here in the United States’
by Tasneem Raja, Mother Jones, April 21, 2017 “‘This story isn’t going away,’ said one friend over the phone. We both grew up in the same controversial, secretive South Asian Muslim sect as the doctor, a 44-year-old emergency room physician named Jumana Nagarwala who was born in Washington, DC. ‘This…
Daily Beast: Combating FGM is not Islamophobia
“Combating FGM/C in Muslim communities therefore is not an act of anti-Muslim xenophobia or ‘Islamophobia,’” Qantas Ahmed writes in the Daily Beast. “It is a defense of human rights and the duty of every American to stop. The practice of FGM/C is not religious freedom.” by Qantas Ahmed, The Daily…