The Morning Call
The Egyptian government wants to crack down on female genital mutilation which has been illegal in the country since 2008 but is still widely practiced. The country published a proposed law that will hit anyone caught in the act with up to seven years in jail from the previous three months to three years sentence. Entrenched in a continuum of faith and tradition, Egyptian parents see the practice as a religious duty and removal of of all or part of the external genitalia a form of promoting chastity.
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