"As we do all of this work to counter the Islamist extremist ideology, let’s also recognise that we will have to enter…"

"Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back …"

"I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every day I can read dozens of stories of ... Musli…"

"The man, who was probably an itinerant traditional circumciser from the blacksmith clan, picked up a pair of scissors…"

"FGC has traditionally been called "female circumcision," which implies that it is similar to male circumcision. The r…"

"Tostan has for over 13 years chosen the term female genital cutting (FGC) based on what communities that are giving u…"

"Although it is a symbol of life, the female body is unfortunately not rarely attacked and disfigured, even by those w…"

"Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace be upon him) s…"

"Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of …"

"The traditional form of excision is a practice totally banned by Islam because of the compelling evidence of the exte…"