Female Circumcision among Immigrant Muslim Communities: Public Debate in the Netherlands (2004)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Bartels Edien
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To examines the relationship between religion,culture and ethnicity and the practice of female circumcision
Study Population: Immigrant Muslim
Findings: In Islam,as it is developing in the Netherlands,there is no place for the circumcision of girls. This is not only because the circumcision of girls is prohibited in the Netherlands and because it involves so many health risks. It is also because,from the perspective of Islam as it is experienced and practised here,it simply cannot be defended.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Europe
Country(ies):Netherlands