FGM vs Political Correctness — Which Will Prevail? » INDONESIA-RELIGION-ISLAM-HEALTH-WOMEN-RIGHTS

TO GO WITH AFP STORY “Indonesia-religion-Islam-health-women-rights,FEATURE” by Arlina Arshad
This picture taken on February 10, 2013 shows a young Indonesian girl crying as doctors perform her circumcision in Bandung. Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population, argues that this form of circumcision is largely symbolic, not harmful and should not be seen as mutilation. The United Nations thinks otherwise. In December it passed a resolution banning female genital mutilation (FGM), which extends to the circumcision practiced in Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

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