MUSLIM DOCTOR INDITED FOR MUTILATING COUNTLESS LITTLE GIRLS GETS OFF
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After calling female genital mutilation "despicable," a federal judge ruled U.S. law banning the barbaric practice unconstitutional and dismissed charges against several doctors, most notably Jumana Nagarwala, who carried out the disfiguring procedure on young girls in suburban Detroit. (Fox News)
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that Congress had no authority to enact a law that criminalizes female genital mutilation (FGM). “As despicable as [FGM] may be… [Congress] overstepped its bounds” by banning the procedure, the judge said.
The ruling came after defense lawyers challenged the 22-year-old genital mutilation law that hasn’t been used until 2017 when Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was arrested and accused of mutilating the genitalia of young girls.
She allegedly headed a conspiracy, which lasted over 12 years and involved seven other people, and led to the mutilation of about 100 girls, according to prosecutors, as part of a religious procedure practiced by members of the Dawoodi Bohra, a Muslim sect.
While the charges of performing FGM were dropped, Nagarwala and other conspirators are still facing conspiracy and obstruction charges, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The U.S. Attorney's Office is considering appealing the judge's decision.
Women's rights groups also condemned the ruling, especially considering the global movement to eliminate the practice.
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