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Do Muslims in the West practice female genital mutilation? I was unaware.
by vinceguidry 11y ago
Do Muslims in the West practice female genital mutilation? I was unaware.
- jqm 11y agoI'm not an expert on the subject, but according to Wikipedia... yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation#Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation#Dist...
- vinceguidry 11y agoWell, there's an easy answer for that case. There are laws against it. Not a perfect answer, but we don't have perfect answers for anything.
- vox_mollis 11y agoMuslims in the West are bound by Western jurisprudence. If Muslims in the West got the legal system they* sought (polls indicate the majority support lawful recognition and enforcement of sharia law), it's a good bet that they* would start. * = note, I know I am generalizing millions of people here, and a sizable proportion of the Muslim population is not applicable here.
- bashedly 11y agoSome do. Pedantically, the cases I'm referring to are literally "Muslims in the west" (and perhaps fundamentalist) rather than "Westernized" or moderate Muslims. There's certainly no absolute generalization to be made though, in one direction or the other.
- vixen99 11y agohttp://www.bbc.com/news/health-18900803 http://www.bbc.com/news/health-18900803 "Estimate that there are 66,000 victims of FGM in England and Wales and warns that more than 24,000 girls under 15 are at risk. More than 2,000 victims of FGM sought treatment in London hospitals alone in the past three years." http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/06/female-genital-mutilation-foreign-crime-common-uk http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/06/female-genita...