Feds Arrest Detroit Doctor for Female Genital Mutilation of Girls Across American Midwest

[Anti Federalist]

Not all diversity is strength I suppose.

And why is mutilating a female's genitals a federal crime but mutilating a male's is not?




Feds Arrest Detroit Doctor for Female Genital Mutilation of Girls Across American Midwest

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...rican-midwest/

by Ian Mason 13 Apr 2017

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was arrested by the FBI Thursday and charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on multiple six to eight-year-old girls at her Livonia, Michigan office.

Dr. Nagarwala’s case is the first FGM prosecution in America under a new law aimed at the practice, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The 11-page complaint issued accompanying her arrest makes guarded references to “members of a particular religious and cultural community.”

FGM is common in the Islamic world, particularly in Africa. According to UNICEF, 98% of Somali girls, and 87% of Egyptians have endured the procedure. FGM involves removing varying amounts of the victim’s, usually a pre-pubescent girl, clitoris, labia majoria, and labia minora. In its most extreme form, the victim is “infibulated,” having virtually all her external genitalia removed and being sown up, leaving her with only a tiny hole from which to urinate and menstruate.

Nagarwala, who works as an emergency room doctor at Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital, is charged with mutilating two Minnesota girls from separate families at her office in Livonia, Michigan. The victims’ identities remain sealed, but Minnesota is host to the largest Somali immigrant population in the United States, a community in which FGM is prevalent. The complaint also alleges multiple Michigan girls have told authorities Nagarwala had cut their genitals as far back as 2005-2007, before the federal law under which she is charged had taken effect.

According to the complaint, the Minnesota victims’ parents brought them to the Detroit suburbs together, telling the children it was a “special girls trip.” They also are alleged to have told the girls the procedure was to “get the germs out.”

One of the victims described her ordeal to the FBI as “getting a shot.” She claims she screamed in pain as she was cut into, the procedure leaving her barely able to walk. She told authorities her parent told her not to talk of what happened in Dr. Nagarwala’s office.

DOJ officials issued statements about prosecuting this type of crime, heretofore unheard of in federal law enforcement. “The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse,” Acting Attorney General of the DOJ’s Criminal Division said as he announced the charges against Nagarwala.

Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch, whose office will be prosecuting the case, added, “The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law.”

“The allegations against the defendant in this investigation are made even more deplorable, given the defendant’s position as a trusted medical professional in the community,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Francis.

Nagarwala faces a maximum of five years for each count of FGM.

[dannno]

Has the doctor had her genitals removed?

[LibertyEagle]

Feds Arrest Detroit Doctor for Female Genital Mutilation of Girls Across American Midwest

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was arrested by the FBI Thursday and charged with carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on multiple six to eight-year-old girls at her Livonia, Michigan office.

Dr. Nagarwala’s case is the first FGM prosecution in America under a new law aimed at the practice, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The 11-page complaint issued accompanying her arrest makes guarded references to “members of a particular religious and cultural community.”

FGM is common in the Islamic world, particularly in Africa. According to UNICEF, 98% of Somali girls, and 87% of Egyptians have endured the procedure. FGM involves removing varying amounts of the victim’s, usually a pre-pubescent girl, clitoris, labia majoria, and labia minora. In its most extreme form, the victim is “infibulated,” having virtually all her external genitalia removed and being sown up, leaving her with only a tiny hole from which to urinate and menstruate.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...rican-midwest/

[Danke]

circumcision is legal.

[Occam's Banana]

And why is mutilating a female's genitals a federal crime but mutilating a male's is not?

Muh patriarchy ...

[Dr.3D]

You know how things are these days, she probably was confused and thought those girls might be little boys.

[Brian4Liberty]

Religious/cultural freedom. Celebrate the diversity! And if they are really clever, perhaps they can change US culture such that female circumcision becomes the norm, with doctors pushing the procedure on all newborns.

[phill4paul]

And why is mutilating a female's genitals a federal crime but mutilating a male's is not?

I have often wondered that. Though the answer is disagreeable and standrad practice.

[Anti Federalist]

Another one...

Second Detroit Doctor Busted in Female Genital Mutilation Ring

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...tilation-ring/

Dr. Fakhruddin Attar was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Livonia, Michigan Friday, accused, along with his wife Farida Attar, of involvement in the same female genital mutilation conspiracy that led to the landmark arrest last week of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala.

The three suspects now charged represent the first prosecution in the United States for female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice common primarily in Muslim countries, particularly those in Africa. For example, UNICEF estimates that 98% of Somali girls and 87% of Egyptians have endured the procedure.

FGM perpetrates a range of different mutilations on its victims—mostly young girls. In its most extreme from, called infibulation, the girl is left with virtually no externally visible genitalia. The clitoris and labia are removed entirely and what is left is sown together, leaving only a small hole from which to urinate and menstruate.

[phill4paul]

Another one...

Second Detroit Doctor Busted in Female Genital Mutilation Ring

http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...tilation-ring/

Dr. Fakhruddin Attar was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Livonia, Michigan Friday, accused, along with his wife Farida Attar, of involvement in the same female genital mutilation conspiracy that led to the landmark arrest last week of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala.

The three suspects now charged represent the first prosecution in the United States for female genital mutilation (FGM), a practice common primarily in Muslim countries, particularly those in Africa. For example, UNICEF estimates that 98% of Somali girls and 87% of Egyptians have endured the procedure.

FGM perpetrates a range of different mutilations on its victims—mostly young girls. In its most extreme from, called infibulation, the girl is left with virtually no externally visible genitalia. The clitoris and labia are removed entirely and what is left is sown together, leaving only a small hole from which to urinate and menstruate.

And again your question remains valid....

And why is mutilating a female's genitals a federal crime but mutilating a male's is not?

[Ender]

I have often wondered that. Though the answer is disagreeable and standrad practice.

'Zactly.

[heavenlyboy34]

Not all diversity is strength I suppose.

And why is mutilating a female's genitals a federal crime but mutilating a male's is not?

Great question. The only reason male circumcision isn't considered genital mutilation in Murica is because of J.H. Kellogg's successful propaganda/misinformation campaign a century ago or so. With all this equality and egalitarianism that's so in vogue nowadays, perhaps it's about time either all circ was illegal or female circ made legal. #equality

[Danke]

A lot of information, long, but good.