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It takes courage to go against the grain

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 13, 2014
  • 2 Comments
  • Fahma Mohamed, FGM, Guardian, Lisa Zimmermann
By now you must have heard about the campaign by a 17 year old girl Fahma Mohamed with the Guardian to end FGM. The petition, which has received nearly 200,000 signatures, has succeeded in getting Fahma a meeting with the Education Secretary to raise a very simple yet effective solution to this horrendous problem in […]
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There is some sanity after all

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 28, 2012
  • 22 Comments
  • FGM, Male circumcision
A German court has said that a child’s right to physical integrity trumps religious and parental rights in a case involving a doctor who carried out a circumcision on a four year-old that led to medical complications. The decision, which is not binding, has caused ‘outrage’ amongst religious groups. By the way, the decision – […]
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