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18 September, 2004
18 September 2004Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) activists meeting in Nairobi called for comprehensive legislation banning the practice, which removes part of all of a young girl's genitalia, using, in part, this rationale: "'It has no basis in any religion.'" While we're centainly behind their efforts, such arguments make us nervous: if FGM could be tied to a religious tradition, would it be more acceptable? We're reminded of Alice Walker: "Torture is not culture."
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