Posted on 06/07/2008 6:32:27 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
OSLO (Reuters) - Police in Norway have arrested a Gambian-born man and charged him and his wife with subjecting five of their six daughters to genital mutilation, officials said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT
The practice, also known as female circumcision, is outlawed in Norway and arouses horror among many people in the West but is a rite of passage for young women in many countries, predominantly in Africa.
The youngest of the five mutilated girls, all born in Norway, is five years old, police officials said. The others are aged seven, 10, 13 and 14 and live in Gambia, national broadcaster NRK reported.
Police officer Hanne Kristin Rohde, head of the violent crime and vice section of the Oslo police, said on Norwegian commercial television TV 2 that the father -- a naturalized Norwegian citizen along with his wife -- was taken into custody on Friday.
"Norwegian police have charged this couple of Gambian background for breaking the Norwegian law on genital mutilation -- five of their six daughters are circumcised," Rohde said.
The mother is pregnant with a seventh child and was deemed unfit to be held in jail.
Norwegian authorities have been cracking down on the practice since mid-2007, barring families from traveling abroad if they suspect they plan to have the procedure done outside the country.
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Sickk freaks.
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First comment is a “joke.” Nice.
If you can make light of this, then you can make light of any atrocity committed by these psychos.
Sorry you didn’t get the “LOL” you were probably looking for.
C’mon guy, show a little respect.
Deport them back to Gambia immediately. It’s time to start purging civilization of the savages.
I don’t see where the article says muslim but if I had to guess .......... ???
Why are Gambians in Norway?
Pun unintended (I hope)?
Wouldn’t surprise me a bit. F***ing barbarians (muslim or not).
Why is it called female circumcision? I think the point is to cut the whole clitoris off, not just the surrounding skin.
Barbarians..
-— Why are Gambians in Norway? -—
muslims are ruining Europe. One day we’ll realize that we don’t have any allies left because muslims control so much of Europe.
There’s many articles that you can find on what muslims are doing to Europe. This is just one:
http://www.meforum.org/article/pipes/1796
Good question. I was wondering the same thing. We probably need sensitivity training though. Who are we to question Islamic genital mutilation?
Euphemisms abound.
Those uptight, closed-minded Westerners. Savage mutilation is simply a cultural experience that xenophobic Norwegians just don't get.
“..you can make light of any atrocity committed by these psychos.”
These psychos are coming into our country legally by the planeload. Apparently our government doesn’t think they’re psychos. You can bet that, not long from now, female circumcision will be allowed right here. After all, if abortion and same-sex marriage is allowed, then why not some “religious” custom. We’d better get used to the blessings of diversity and multiculturalism.
All right, all right, I apologize.
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