Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Islam United to Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Some positive notes from the first Islamic Childhood Conference, held in Morrocco:

Female genital mutilation (FGM), which is also called female circumcision, is most widespread in sub-Saharan Muslim cultures, but Muslim scholars for decades have emphasised that there is no Islamic basis for the very harmful practice, which causes many deaths among young girls each year.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Leila M. said...

Nice blog. Seems like a lot of entries are women- related. If you'd like to join HU, send me an email and I'll send you an invite to join

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