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Article: Egyptian Court Rejects Ban on Female Circumcision
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 24, 1997
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An Egyptian court today overturned a ban on performing female
circumcision in hospitals, putting an end to the government's
campaign to exterminate a popular ritual in this largely Islamic
country.
This ruling will allow the operation to be carried out in all
state and private clinics. But amateurs are banned to do the
delicate job though it is common that midwives and barbers are
entrusted in poor urban and rural areas.
Judge Abdul Aziz Hamade said the court overturned the ban because
it was imposed a year ago without parliamentary approval, rather
than
making a statement on the nature of the female ...