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2 DETROIT muslim doctors cut off the gentitals off 100s of preteen girls
| Her lawyer says the former emergency room physician was performing a religious rite of passage from her Indian heritage.
However, federal prosecutors disagree with the characterization of the procedure, which they say doesn’t have a medical benefit.
Shannon Smith, the lawyer for Dr. Nagarwala said, “While people in this country are not used to hearing about female circumcision, it really is far less than what is done to males every single day when no one has a problem with it."
| Opponents to female genital mutilation say more must be done to prevent other young girls from undergoing the harmful practice.
Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy said, "There is absolutely no health benefit to doing this to little girls. This is about abusing them and depriving them of the capacity to have sexual pleasure, and in the name of keeping them pure."
| Dr. Jumana Nagarwala and Dr. Fakhruddin Attar were arrested in April after an alleged victim told FBI agents her parents brought her and another girl to Detroit for a "special girls trip." She said she was taken to the clinic with her friend because their "tummies hurt" and that the doctor would perform a procedure to "get the germs out."
| During an investigation, authorities surmised the pair of doctors may have performed female genital mutilation on as many as 100 girls over the last 12 years.
DETROIT - A Michigan doctor charged under federal law with female genital mutilation will be back in a Detroit courtroom Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Doctor Jumana Nagarwala is accused of cutting the genitals of two seven-year-old Minnesota girls who traveled to a Livonia clinic in February.
| At Tuesday’s hearing, defense lawyers will ask a judge to review the conditions for Nagarwala’s release.
Her lawyer says the former emergency room physician was performing a religious rite of passage from her Indian heritage.
However, federal prosecutors disagree with the characterization of the procedure, which they say doesn’t have a medical benefit.
| Shannon Smith, the lawyer for Dr. Nagarwala said, “While people in this country are not used to hearing about female circumcision, it really is far less than what is done to males every single day when no one has a problem with it."
Opponents to female genital mutilation say more must be done to prevent other young girls from undergoing the harmful practice.
| Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy said, "There is absolutely no health benefit to doing this to little girls. This is about abusing them and depriving them of the capacity to have sexual pleasure, and in the name of keeping them pure."
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Northville doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on $4.5 million unsecured bond Tuesday after seven months in jail.
| Nagarwala, 44, was freed after more than a dozen friends came to federal court and pledged to pay the largest unsecured bond in Detroit federal court history if she flees while awaiting a June trial — the first trial nationwide involving female genital mutilation.
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| DETROIT - A Michigan doctor charged under federal law with female genital mutilation will be back in a Detroit courtroom Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Doctor Jumana Nagarwala is accused of cutting the genitals of two seven-year-old Minnesota girls who traveled to a Livonia clinic in February.
At Tuesday’s hearing, defense lawyers will ask a judge to review the conditions for Nagarwala’s release.