John R. Houk
© November 23, 2018
Nothing to be thankful for from Multiculturalist Leftist Federal
Judges that ignore the law to rule in favor of Islamic traditions over the rule
of law!
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman
(residing in Detroit) ruled that a Federal Law made 22 years ago was unconstitutional
allowing Muslims to proceed in the child abuse of Female Genital
Mutilation (FGM).
FGM is overwhelmingly practiced among Muslims as a matter of
tradition. Multiculturalist Left Wing organizations (National & Global) go
out of the way to point out that Islam theologically does not mandate FGM. The
same organizations will point out that a minority of Christian and Jewish based
people also practice FGM.
The only thing accurate in downplaying the Muslim practice
of FGM is the abusive practice is more cultural than religious but fail to be
informative of the huge number of Muslims that have a tradition of FGM and
indeed associate it with their religious faith. Also the Christians and Jews
known to abuse their children with FGM are culturally influenced by the Muslims
in close proximity (primarily Copts of Egypt and Black-Africans who identify
themselves as Jewish in Ethiopia).
So YES this is primarily an Islamic issue especially as it
is Muslim refugees or Muslim immigrants from whence FGM is practiced are now
flouting Western Laws in Europe and the U.S. to perpetuate FGM in the West in
the name of their Muslim traditions.
According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), female genital mutilation (FGM), also referred to as
“female circumcision” or “female cutting”, “comprises all procedures that
involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury
to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” [1]. The WHO estimates that about 140 million girls
and women worldwide are living with the consequences of FGM and that every year
in Africa alone, about 3 million girls are at risk for genital mutilation [1]. FGM has been documented in 28 African
countries and in some countries in Asia and the Middle East [2]. However, it has also become a human
rights and health issue in western countries where the practice is continued by
immigrants from countries where FGM is commonly performed [3]. For instance, the German organization
“Terre des Femmes” estimates that about 30.000 girls and women living in
Germany have undergone or are at risk of being subjected to FGM [4].
Given the fact that some Sunni
Muslims legitimate FGM by quoting a controversial hadith (a
saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed) in which the Prophet allegedly did
not object to FGM provided cutting was not too severe 5, 6 and that the least invasive type of
FGM (partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce) is also
called “Sunna Circumcision” [7], FGM is widely considered to be
associated with Islam. However, during a conference held in Cairo/Egypt in
2006, Muslim scholars from various nations declared FGM to be un-islamic 8, 9 and, in fact, the traditional
cultural practice of FGM predates both Islam and Christianity. … According
to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, FGM is actually practiced
by Muslim, Christian and Jewish groups. There are countries, such as Nigeria,
Tanzania and Niger, where the prevalence of FGM is even greater among Christian
groups [11]. In Egypt, FGM is also practiced on
Coptic girls [12], while in Ethiopia, the Beta Israel or
Falashas, a Jewish minority, subject their girls to genital mutilation [5].
… Yet, a Jewish minority group
living in Ethiopia, the so-called Falashas or Beta Israel, practice ritual
female genital surgery [15]. Buff believes that “as a persecuted and
isolated Jewish enclave for thousands of years, the Falashas did not have
access to either definitive Jewish texts or informed rabbinical sources” [14]. In fact, the Falashas practice an
archaic form of Judaism, strictly adhering to the Pentateuch, the five books of
Moses. They do not speak or read Hebrew. Their bible is written in Ge’ez, which
is the clerical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean orthodox church, and
they do not know the other important religious scriptures of Judaism, the Talmud
and the Mishnah 16, 17. The Falashas consider themselves descendants of
the tribe of “Dan”, one of the 10 “lost tribes of Israel”, and were
acknowledged as such, and therefore as being officially Jewish, by the Israeli
government in 1975 [17]. … After their immigration to Israel, the
Ethiopian Jews were converted to orthodox rabbinic Judaism. Nowadays, only a
minority is still living in Ethiopia [17].
… The authors also found that the
customs of FGM is readily given up by Ethiopian Jews right after their
immigration to Israel, as “they see themselves a part of a Jewish society
without FGM” [15].
Christian view on FGM
Literature dealing with the
Christian view on FGM is very scarce, however, Christian authorities unanimously
agree that FGM has no foundation in the religious texts of Christianity 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. During the 2006 conference of The East Africa
Program, the attending Christian (Coptic) leaders emphasized that “Christian
doctrine is clear on the sanctity of the human body” [22]. Yet, as has already been mentioned
before, FGM is practiced among Christian groups, e.g. in Egypt, Nigeria,
Tanzania and Kenya. Although FGM is not prescribed by religious law, many of
those practicing it may consider it a religious obligation, as female sexual
purity plays an important role, not only in Christianity, but in all
monotheistic religions. (The
Jewish and Christian view on female genital mutilation; [Ingrid]
El-Damanhoury, Ed.; ScienceDirect
- African Journal of
Urology: Volume 19, Issue 3, September
2013, Pages 127-129)
Trying to protect Islam’s reputation by claiming Christians
and Jews practice FGM abuse is a bit disingenuous when undoubtedly the largest
numbers clearly lay with Islam.
AND it is obvious to me that Federal Judge Bernard Friedman
ruled laws outlawing FGM unconstitutional was an act of dhimmitude homage to
one of the largest Islamic population centers in the USA namely the Detroit
metropolitan area – MY FIRST REACTION.
AFTER READING MORE INFO – If I was to give Judge
Friedman any benefit of the doubt, it might seem the Judge is saying legislate
a better law that specifically addresses Female Genital Mutilation as child
abuse rather than manipulate statutes to use Commerce Laws to illegalize FGM.
Below are the details from Leo Hohmann.
JRH 11/23/18
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Federal judge strikes down U.S. ban on female
genital mutilation
By Leo Hohmann
November 21, 2018
Dr.
Jumana Nagarwala was
charged in Detroit in April 2017 with mutilating the genitalia of young girls.
It is now OK in America for parents to deliver their
daughters up to hack “doctors” and nurses who will mutilate their genitals and
call it a religious ritual, thanks to a federal judge in Detroit.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman on
Tuesday dismissed female genital mutilation charges against several
doctors in the first criminal case of its kind nationwide, ruling the law is
unconstitutional, the Detroit News reported.
Friedman’s insane opinion comes two weeks after defense
lawyers mounted the first challenge to an FGM law passed by Congress in
1996. The law sat there for 19 years without a single prosecution until April
2017. That’s when former Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided to prosecute
two Muslim doctors, a wife of one of the doctors and the parents of nine girls
who were transported to a clinic in Michigan, several of them across state
lines, to have their genitals cut.
Prosecutors said at the time that upwards of 100 girls
ranging in age from 7 to 12 had been sent to the clinic, which sounds more like
a Third World torture chamber.
The U.S. already allows up to 1 million babies to be aborted
every year. Now our judges say it’s acceptable to mutilate young girls. What is
the future for a society unable or unwilling to protect its most vulnerable?
Until Sessions’ brought this case, no one had ever been
prosecuted under the 22-year-old federal law, not under presidents Clinton,
Bush or Obama.
Prosecutors told the Detroit News that the girls — four from
Michigan, two from Minnesota and three from Illinois — underwent the brutal FBM
procedure of having their clitorises fully or partially removed. But defense
lawyer Shannon Smith argued that the procedure performed on the girls was
“benign” and not a mutilation. It was part of their religion and their culture
and therefore should not be prevented by law.
Attorney
Shannon Smith specializes
in defending people against sexual crimes.
She found a sympathetic ear in the liberal Judge Friedman,
who apparently found a loophole in the 1996 law in which he was able to deny
that the FGM doctors and parents were engaged in interstate commerce and
therefore committed no federal crime.
The doctors involved still face charges of conspiracy and
obstruction and could face up to 30 years or more in prison if convicted on
those counts.
Hopefully the U.S. Department of Justice will appeal this
ghastly ruling by Judge Friedman. In the meantime, this should prompt Congress
to go back and tweak the 1996 law to make sure it is strictly enforceable.
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala of Northville, Michigan, was arrested
in April 2017 and accused of heading a conspiracy that lasted 12 years,
involved seven other people and led to mutilating the genitalia of nine girls
as part of a religious procedure practiced by some members of the Dawoodi
Bohra, a Muslim sect from India that has a small community in Metro Detroit.
Most local members of the sect involved belong to the
Anjuman-e-Najmi mosque in Farmington Hills.
The judge’s opinion drops charges against three mothers.
They are:
·
Farida Arif of Oakland
County, who was charged with participating in the conspiracy and having her
daughter undergo female genital mutilation.
·
Two mothers from Minnesota,
Haseena Halfal and Zainab Hariyanawala, who were charged last year with
female genital mutilation and conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation.
The allegations involve their daughters, who were 7 at the time of the
procedure.
The order Tuesday also dismissed charges against Tahera
Shafiq, 49, of Farmington Hills. She was accused of participating in the
procedure involving the Minnesota girls.
“She’s done, for the time being,” Shafiq’s lawyer, Jerome
Sabbota, said. “It’s wonderful. She can go about her life. These are
deeply religious people, and a lot of people don’t understand that.”
Worldwide, an estimated 140 million women and girls have
undergone the procedure, according to the World Health Organization. More than
3 million girls in Africa undergo the procedure each year.
The procedure has been illegal in the U.S. since 1996, and
there are no medical benefits for girls and women, according to the World
Health Organization.
Female genital mutilation is an internationally recognized
violation of human rights.
Some members of the Dawoodi Bohra community who have spoken
against the procedure say the surgery is performed to suppress female
sexuality, reduce sexual pleasure and curb promiscuity, according to court
records.
The procedure is most common in parts of Africa, the Middle
East and Asia, along with migrants from those regions, according to the World
Health Organization. For example, 99 percent of girls in Somali have their
genitals mutilated while more than 85 percent of girls in Egypt are mutilated.
In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control estimate that
up to 500,000 women and girls are at risk of having the barbaric procedure
performed on them. This high number is largely due to the increasing number of
refugees, asylees and migrants imported to the U.S. from the Third World over
the last 35 years. The vast majority of the refugees entering the U.S. every
year, about 95 percent, are hand-selected by the United Nations.
There are four major types of female genital mutilation,
including a partial or total removal of the clitoris.
Prosecutors in Michigan alleged that two girls’ clitorises
were completely removed, but the evidence is lacking for at least one girl,
Smith said.
Read the full story here.
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Can’t Use Commerce Laws to
Illegalize FGM Child Abuse
John R. Houk
© November 23, 2018
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Federal judge strikes down
U.S. ban on female genital mutilation
Leo Hohmann is a veteran
investigative reporter and author whose recent book, “Stealth Invasion” spent
the majority of 2017 among Amazon.com’s top 10 books about immigration policy.
He has spent decades researching and writing about education, immigration,
crime, politics and religion. His articles have appeared at WND.com, Frontpage
Magazine, Whistleblower Magazine, Jihad Watch, the Drudge Report, Refugee
Resettlement Watch and many other websites and publications. Hohmann has been
interviewed by dozens of local and national radio hosts including Laura
Ingraham, Alex Jones, Daniel Horowitz, Larry Elder, George Noory of Coast to
Coast, and Jan Markell of Olive Tree Ministries. His mission has always been to
fearlessly report truths about the great issues of our time and connect the
dots, wherever they may lead.
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