➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
Egypt: MP’s endorsement of FGM stirs controversy but unlikely to have effect
Ahram – July 12, 2016
Egyptian MP and doctor Ahmed El-Tahawy says female genital mutilation (FGM), from a medical and religious stand, is a necessity as long as it is performed in the right way, a statement that raises questions over longstanding efforts to fight the phenomenon in Egypt. The controversial statements by El-Tahawy, who is a member of the Egyptian parliament’s health committee, came while commenting on a potential draft resolution aimed at intensifying legal punishments against FGM, which has been criminalized in Egypt since 2008.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/233054/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-MPs-endorsement-of-FGM-stirs-controversy-.aspx