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Doctor 'performed FGM on new mother in hospital'
BBC ^ | 1/19/15

Posted on 01/19/2015 11:34:42 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

A British doctor performed female genital mutilation on a young mother after she gave birth in hospital, a court has heard.

Dhanuson Dharmasena, 32, is accused of carrying out the illegal procedure at the Whittington Hospital in north London.

The junior registrar, of Ilford, Essex, denies the charge in what is the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.

A second man, Hasan Mohamed, 41, denies encouraging and abetting the offence.

Female genital mutilation, often abbreviated to FGM and also known as female circumcision, involves procedures that include the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for cultural or other non-medical reasons.

It is practised in 29 countries in Africa and some countries in Asia and the Middle East, but is illegal in the UK.

Carrying out female genital mutilation carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: genitalmutilation; muslimwomen; muslimworld; unitedkingdom
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To: Uncle Miltie

Deport at 50,000ft stark nekkid....


21 posted on 01/19/2015 12:53:32 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Slings and Arrows

If they deport him he will turn up over here as an obamacare doctor. You can go down the list my insurance company publishes and be hard put to find a name you know how to pronounce.


22 posted on 01/19/2015 12:56:39 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Is this Hasan Mohamed her husband or who that he has power to tell the doctor what to do?


23 posted on 01/19/2015 2:09:31 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s actually a cultural thing more than a Muslim thing.


24 posted on 01/19/2015 2:12:37 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy
It’s actually a cultural thing more than a Muslim thing.

Perhaps. But how do you separate them?

"Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck" comes to mind here.

25 posted on 01/19/2015 2:44:39 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: bgill

The article seems to be implying that he was the husband, but it doesn’t state it outright.


26 posted on 01/19/2015 2:45:32 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Celebrate diversity. Coexist.


27 posted on 01/19/2015 3:35:53 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic

Peace, love, and tolerance.


28 posted on 01/19/2015 3:39:44 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Ragnarok" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5nD7-qsEw)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Islam must be destroyed.


29 posted on 01/19/2015 3:42:30 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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