Jamaica Gleaner News - A slice of bad luck - genital mutilation
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A slice of bad luck - genital mutilation
Despite the false notion that female genital mutilation is prescribed by Islam, it dates back to six centuries before the birth of Christ - and 12 centuries before the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The practice is deeply rooted in ethnic cultures and spreads across religions, practised by some Orthodox Copts, Catholics, Muslims or Jews in Ethiopia, said Isabelle Gilette-Faye, director of the Group for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation. Reasons vary from country to country, tribe to tribe, from purity and honour to tradition.
