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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice and has no legitimacy in the Islamic Religion, Shaykha Ayisha Yussif, an Islamic cleric has said. FGM involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Speaking in an interview …

The High Court in Kenya is due to rule today (Wednesday) on whether to decriminalise female genital mutilation for adult women. The case is in response to a 2017 petition by a doctor who argued that banning the practice was unconstitutional as women had the right to choose what to …