CHRONIQUE DE L'ISLAMISATION DES USA
Female genital mutilation on the rise in the United States
by creepingsharia
NEW YORK (TrustLaw)
– The ancient, brutal
practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), once considered primarily a
problem of the developing world, is a growing threat to girls and women
in the United States, according to a new report.
The United States has longstanding laws
against the practice of FGM on U.S. soil and in January, passed a
federal law against sending young women outside the country for
so-called “vacation cutting”. However, girls living in America
increasingly are at risk of the procedure both at home and abroad,
according to research by Sanctuary for Families.
The New York City-based non-profit
organisation, which specialises in gender-based violence, said up to
200,000 girls and women in the United States are at risk of FGM and that
the number is growing.
“People in the United States think that
FGM only happens to people outside of the United States, but in all
actuality, people here all over the country have been through FGM,” said
Jaha, 23, formerly from Gambia and now a survivor and advocate against
FGM.
“Kids that were born in this country are
taken back home every summer and undergo this procedure,” she was quoted
as saying in the report.
The study cited analysis of data from the
2000 census that found between 1990 and 2000 the number of girls and
women in the United States at risk of the procedure – which involves the
partial or total removal of external female genitalia – increased by 35
percent.
Most prevalent in immigrant African and
Middle Eastern communities, FGM generally originates in the belief by
some cultures that it preserves a girl’s virginity before marriage and
discourages her from promiscuity after she is wed. In many communities, a
girl is deemed unfit for marriage if she has not undergone FGM.
The report said FGM has been performed in
the United States by health care providers who support FGM or do not
want to question families’ cultural practices.
Whether performed covertly on U.S. soil or
in ceremonies held in ancestral homelands during school vacations, the
procedure often is done by traditional practitioners using crude
implements, such as razor blades and broken glass. They often operate in
unsanitary conditions, far from medical facilities, without
anaesthesia, antiseptics or antibiotics.
The physical and psychological effects can
be devastating and even fatal. FGM can cause severe pain during sexual
intercourse, haemorrhage, shock, complications in childbirth and
fistula. It can also lead to depression and anxiety.
Sanctuary calls for an end to FGM and Vacation Cutting – go to link to read or download our full report,”Female Genital Mutilation in the United States: Protecting Girls and Women in the US from FGM & Vacation Cutting.”
Although not exclusive, Female Genital Mutilation Is an Islamic Practice.
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