India: Petition Against Female Genital Mutilation Evokes An Angry Backlash

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
India: Petition Against Female Genital Mutilation Evokes An Angry Backlash
National Public Radio – August 02, 2016
Until the petition went public in December, many Indians didn’t know female genital mutilation – or FGM – happens in the country at all. In India, the Dawoodi Bohra Muslims are the only community that practices female genital mutilation in the form of circumcision, a practice they call khatna that dates back 1,400 years, according to the clergy. There are about a million Dawoodi Bohra Muslims globally; the majority live in India and some in Pakistan, with diaspora populations across the world.
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