Female Genital Mutilation in Great Britain

See Bare Naked Islam, "GETTING GENITALLY MUTILATED….what thousands of Muslim girls living in the UK do on their summer vacation."

And from the Independent UK last month, "Female Genital Mutilation might be illegal, but it still takes place in the UK":

Two weeks ago, two men were arrested after undercover investigators from the Sunday Times filmed medical professionals in the UK offering to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls as young as ten. They have denied any wrongdoing, but it is estimated that 100,000 women living in the UK have survived FGM, with a further 22,000 girls under 16 at risk. I spoke to Nimco Ali from the Bristol-based organisation Daughters of Eve about her work to eradicate this harmful practice and support survivors of FGM.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is defined by the World Health Organisation as “all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons”. It is mostly done on girls under the age of 16, by a traditional circumciser who will practice without anaesthetic or proper medical equipment – often leading to horrific complications both at the time and in later life.

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Also, at Daily Mail in April, "'Cheat genital mutilation ban by going abroad': British Muslim leader caught on camera advocating female circumcision," and from Guardian UK in 2010, "British girls undergo horror of genital mutilation despite tough laws."