Must read It isn't just this one Dr. The parents need to be held accountable. We do not allow child abuse or sexual assualt in this country https://t.co/m29DE7m1ef
— PHX Mom (@tifmcclure) April 14, 2017
As we told you on Thursday, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala of Michigan was arrested and charged with performing genital mutilation on girls, some as young as 6.
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim doctor and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, issued a press release today where he warned that Nagarwala might be part of a “network of individuals facilitating the mutilation of girls” and he called for investigation of the families of the victims:
Release: Muslim Doctor Welcomes Arrest,Demands Full Investig. of Physician Who Mutilated Girls in US @AIFDemocracy https://t.co/GPXbkGYpeE
— M. Zuhdi Jasser زهدي جاسر (@DrZuhdiJasser) April 14, 2017
The press release (emphasis ours):
Today, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD), a Muslim-led organization whose founding principles include gender equality, welcomes the news that Jumana Nagarwala, a Detroit-based physician, has been arrested for allegedly carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) against girls here in the United States. Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, AIFD president and a physician who has long championed efforts against the barbaric practice, said:
“Healthcare professionals, especially physicians, should be the safest people our children encounter outside of their families. What we at the front lines of reform against radical Islamism know is that one of the ideology’s symptoms is the regular violation and abuse of women and girls, especially through efforts to control or destroy their bodies and sexuality. As a physician, Muslim, father, and husband – I am appalled – but not surprised – to learn of this doctor’s mutilation of girls. I urge authorities to conduct a full and vigorous investigation. Since girls were brought to Nagarwala from out of state, it appears that she may be just a piece of a network of individuals facilitating the mutilation of girls and women in the United States.
As a physician, Ms Nagarwala – I will not call her ‘doctor’ – knows full well the position of the American Medical Association on this issue. As an expert on medical ethics and a person of conscience, I must urge that her license(s) be revoked, that she remain jailed, and that all who acted with her be brought to justice. Further, any girls and women she harmed must receive intensive counseling, and their families investigated. I also encourage investigations of their schools, universities, and other places where they may have complained of physical pain, or been absent for periods of time during which the mutilation took place and immediately after.”
Now, where’s the statement from CAIR?
Does a girl's right to not have her genitals mutilated constitute a civil liberty, or am I missing the statement from @CAIRNational? https://t.co/PuJvg2bTEc
— Melanie (@MelanieDBR) April 14, 2017
And where’s the “feminist outrage”?
For 12 years this Detroit doctor cut clitorises off girls. Where is the feminist outrage?
https://t.co/tEnpyagRvP— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) April 14, 2017
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Related:
HORRIFIC: Michigan doctor charged with performing female genital mutilation on young girls https://t.co/3awdfRDVkB
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 13, 2017
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