Campaigns against female circumcision can have the reverse effect

Source: Combating Female Circumcision By Azeez Mahmoud in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 291, 3-June-09) Azeez Mahmoud, an IWPR-trained journalist, helps Wadi&s mobile teams educate women about female genital mutilation. …

International interventions such as the campaigns against female circumcision can pave the way for political Islamism in Egypt. Contrary to the common Western perception that the operation is on a par with meaningless torture, …

Ellen Gruenbaum, in her 2001 book, The Female Circumcision Controversy, states that “Female circumcision is practiced by people of many ethnicities and various religious backgrounds, including Muslims, Christians and Jews, …

Source: Combating Female Circumcision By Azeez Mahmoud in Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 291, 3-June-09) Azeez Mahmoud, an IWPR-trained journalist, helps Wadi&s mobile teams educate women about female genital mutilation. …

International interventions such as the campaigns against female circumcision can pave the way for political Islamism in Egypt. Contrary to the common Western perception that the operation is on a par with meaningless torture, …
