“Female Genital Mutilation has nothing to do with Islam” Update
Egyptian Parliament Okays Female Genital Mutilation (again)
* Well, it was never really ‘outlawed’, was it? Take a look here
* and here: Female genital mutilation “is part of the Sunna of the Prophet”
(IsraelNN.com) Conservatives in the Egyptian parliament have made female genital mutilation (circumcision) legal again in Egypt. The conservatives succeeded in striking several laws that had been passed by the parliament’s religious Shura Council in the past. The laws canceled also include a law limiting marriage age to 18 and up, a law permitting a mother to register a child on her name and a law allowing neighbors of a family that beats its children to report the beatings to the police.
One of the parliament’s members said that the law permitting a mother to register a child on her name “encourages adultery.”
A Cairo appellate judge who is also the legal advisor to the Council for the Mother and Child said that the decision to strike the laws contravened international agreements signed by Egypt.
* Here’s more from Dhimmi Watch
* dont be afraid: you won’t lose your clit reading it!
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May 17th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Just wondered if FGM is an offense in Australia.
Would the parents be prosecuted?
May 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Its a crime. Its an ongoing problem. But has anyone in the judiciary enough spine or interest to take such a case on?