[Al Arabiya Latest] An Egyptian man has been charged with illegally circumcising a young girl on Thursday, making him the first person to face the law since Cairo criminalized the controversial practice of female genital mutilation, or FGM.
Wow. That was quick. It's only been -- what? 6000? 7000 years?
| No doubt had a trained doctor, or a trained butcher, done the job, she would not have ended up in the hospital, and no charges would need have been filed. |
| FGM in Arab and African societies is usually done by a woman. Perhaps the arrest is because a man was involving himself in the trimming of the femalian parts ... |
Ahmed Gad al-Karim, 69, was charged with inflicting injury on an 11-year-old girl after a local hospital notified the police when the young girl was brought in suffering from heavy bleeding following a circumcision.
" The government wants to protect Egyptian children and give them a healthy environment "
Prosecutor general |
The Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya, 600 kilometers south of Cairo, was told that the girl's mother gave Karim 150 Egyptian Pounds ($ 27) to circumcise her daughter, who remains in critical condition.
Karim said he performed the operation at the girl's house and said he had used a scalpel.
| That makes it ok, you see. |
According to the World Health Organization and estimated 100 to 140 million females worldwide currently live with the consequences of FGM, which is internationally recognized as a human rights violation. |