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Global Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Rates Higher Than Previously Estimated

The Center for the Study of Political Islam (CSPII) has published the first of its yearly FGM Indexes. It includes an estimate of the number of girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), plus what proportion of this estimate is attributable to Islamic communities and to non-Islamic communities . A second report analyses the most important references to FGM in the foundational texts of Islamic doctrine.

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