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Michigan: Muslim doctor held for performing female genital mutilation is wife of mosque leader

Apr 23, 2017 12:33 pm By Robert Spencer

“Leaders of the Farmington Hills mosque released a statement Friday saying they are offering assistance to investigators. ‘Any violation of U.S. law is counter to instructions to our community members,’ the statement said. ‘It does not reflect the everyday lives of the Dawoodi Bohras in America. It is an important rule of the Dawoodi Bohras that we respect the laws of the land, wherever we live,’ the statement continued. ‘This is precisely what we have done for several generations in America. We remind our members regularly of their obligations.’…Nagarwala’s husband, Moiz Nagarwala, is listed as a leader of the Farmington Hills mosque, according to the mosque’s password-protected website, and records list him as having served as joint treasurer.”

The leaders of the mosque didn’t know that Nagarwala was practicing female genital mutilation? If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.

Why didn’t the vast majority of Muslims who, we’re told, believe that FGM is cultural, not Islamic, and think it abhorrent as well, not report Nagarwala and her accomplices to authorities?

“2nd doctor, wife arrested in genital mutilation case,” by Robert Snell, Detroit News, April 21, 2017 (thanks to Doc):

Federal agents arrested a second doctor and his wife Friday in a widening conspiracy involving female genital mutilation and members of a Muslim sect.

Dr. Fakhruddin Attar is accused of letting Dr. Jumana Nagarwala perform mutilations at his Burhani Medical Clinic on Farmington Road. His wife, office manager Farida Attar, also was arrested and is accused of helping Nagarwala perform the mutilations, according to a 14-page complaint unsealed Friday in federal court.

The arrests are the latest development in the nation’s first female genital mutilation case, which is providing insight into a small, insular Muslim community in Metro Detroit and an illegal procedure performed on young girls.

The complaint solves a mystery stemming from the case by pinpointing where Nagarwala allegedly mutilated two 7-year-old girls from Minnesota earlier this year. The complaint also describes a conspiracy involving at least Nagarwala, Attar and his wife — all three are members of the Dawoodi Bohra religious community based locally out of a Farmington Hills mosque….

Nagarwala, meanwhile, was charged in federal court April 12 and is being held without bond on charges that could send her to federal prison for life.

According to court records and testimony, Nagarwala is a member of the Dawoodi Bohra, a small Muslim sect from India that was linked to a mutilation scandal in Australia two years ago.

Sect members locally belong to the Anjuman-e-Najmi mosque on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. It’s the only Dawoodi Bohra mosque in Michigan.

The Dawoodi Bohras hail mostly from western India and were traditionally comprised of businessmen, entrepreneurs and professionals. There are about 1 million followers worldwide.

Two years ago, three Dawoodi Bohras faced trial in Australia in a case that raised awareness of female genital mutilation. The case ended in prison sentences for the three, including a Dawoodi Bohra community leader.

Leaders of the Farmington Hills mosque released a statement Friday saying they are offering assistance to investigators.

“Any violation of U.S. law is counter to instructions to our community members,” the statement said. “It does not reflect the everyday lives of the Dawoodi Bohras in America.

“It is an important rule of the Dawoodi Bohras that we respect the laws of the land, wherever we live,” the statement continued. “This is precisely what we have done for several generations in America. We remind our members regularly of their obligations.”

Illegal since 1996

Nagarwala’s husband, Moiz Nagarwala, is listed as a leader of the Farmington Hills mosque, according to the mosque’s password-protected website, and records list him as having served as joint treasurer.

Attar has served as treasurer and a leader of the Farmington Hills mosque, according to the Anjuman-e-Najmi website.

Prosecutors said some members of the religious and cultural community practice female genital mutilation on young girls.

Some members of the community who have spoken against the practice said the surgery is performed to suppress female sexuality, reduce sexual pleasure and curb promiscuity, according to the criminal complaint….

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  1. underbed cat says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    American muslim physicians associations do we get why Obama was able to pass his affordable health care that employs many muslim doctors, maybe it was in his planning stages of future needs.

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:07 pm

      Obama said very plainly that America is a Muslim country. It was a prediction.

  2. Michael says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 12:58 pm

    ‘Any violation of U.S. law is counter to instructions to our community members.’ um … I don’t think so. I would call ‘taqiyya!’ and bullshit … The more likely instruction is … ‘Don’t get caught! And if you do, we do NOT have your back, brothers and sisters! But it’s part of jihad! Mutilate as many as you can!’

    • ele says

      Apr 23, 2017 at 2:19 pm

      BINGO! How else did notification spread cross country, that this service was available, without the authorities knowledge?

      • Katnis says

        Apr 23, 2017 at 4:33 pm

        Right. There are just so many things wrong with this situation. FGM is awful enough, followed by lying, denying, and criminals protecting one another.

        The good news is that these people were arrested. The bad news is now our taxes will pay for their jail time.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 12:28 am

      There are SIX DIFFERENT WAYS of deception that are permissible in Islam:
      1•Taqiyya (Shia) or Muda’rat (Sunni): tactical deceit for the purposes of spreading Islam.
      2•Kitman: deceit by omission.
      3•Tawriya: deceit by deliberate ambiguity.
      4•Taysir: deceit through facilitation (not observing all the tenets of Sharia by ‘making things easier’).
      5•Darura: deceit through necessity (to engage in something “Haram” or forbidden such as drinking alcohol to exploit non-Muslims).
      6•Muruna: ‘flexibility’ or temporary suspension of Sharia to make Muslim migrants appear ‘moderate’ and blend in until Muslims numerically strong enough to enforce Sharia.
      Muslims imitate Allah ‘THE GREATEST OF DECEIVERS’.
      Allahu khayru l-makireena – Koran. 3:54; cf. 8:30

      -“Taqiyya permeates almost all the activities and dealings of Muslims with non-Muslim societies…”- a former sheikh Sam Solomon

      • Jeanette says

        Apr 24, 2017 at 1:09 pm

        3•Tawriya: deceit by deliberate ambiguity.

        Hillary Clinton: “Are you asking if I actually washed my server with a cloth?”

        Huma Abedin taught her well.

  3. somehistory says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:00 pm

    Lie, Lie, Lie. They know it’s against the law, they tell their *members* and yet…the leaders are the ones involved. Lie, lie and lie some more.

  4. Lucia Bartoli says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    The entire culture is a tribal one–in plain language, that means they never report or rat on another tribal member. This is why it was a bit difficult to track Osama bin Laden. We need to curtail and stop this or deport those who do not assimilate

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:12 pm

      We cannot save this country or western civilization if we retain ANY of them.

      Just because some of them have not yet perpetrated any crimes on non-Muslims does not mean that they won’t do so, as instructed by their “Operators’ Manual,” the Koran.

      The potential for violence is in the Muslim culture more than any other on Earth.

  5. August West says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    I have read some al Jazeera and times of India articles on darwoodi bohras. It appears fgm is very common among them. Also this is a shiite sect so expect an above average level of taqqiya.

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:15 pm

      And if rape is a violent crime, then FGM certainly is.

      Let’s start pushing that: FGM is a violent crime, and it is inflicted on roughly 90% of Muslim females.

      AND the Muslims are beginning to call for it to be forced on all non-Muslim females, too.

      American women – are you listening?

      This is not rocket science.

  6. utis says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    If these clowns want 21st century amenities, they should avoid 7th century practices.

  7. Storm says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    This is why Sharia Law must not be allowed to be enforced above American Law. She belongs in prison & her license revoke so why isn’t it? Never mind must belong to a specific protected, “Above the Law” classification.

    • Katnis says

      Apr 23, 2017 at 4:28 pm

      Agreed 100% – Her license should be revoked.

      • Jeanette says

        Apr 24, 2017 at 1:16 pm

        If she hasn’t had The Operation yet, she should be very glad that the US doesn’t operate under caveman Muslim eye-for-an-eye law.

  8. Bazza says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 1:45 pm

    “Any violation of U.S. law is counter to instructions to our community members,”

    Why did anyone feel the need to issue such instructions, to Americans, in the US?? One has to wonder what other laws they ‘advise’ be followed?

  9. Clair Reading says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:28 pm

    Sharia law rears it’s ugly head in US and State courts during the trial and sentencing of cases like this. Will the courts be lenient? Accept plea bargaining? Deferred sentencing? All because this is a religious and/or cultural acceptable practice???!!!!

  10. ConanKong says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm

    Well, surprise, surprise!

    • Michael says

      Apr 23, 2017 at 2:42 pm

      lol …. thanks for the good laugh, ConanKong!

  11. tom parry says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 3:32 pm

    Move on nothing to see!! get used to muslim ways, or be ready to pay a big jihaza!!

  12. BurnDAwitch says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 3:41 pm

    So this is another skillfully crafted form of terrorists in America, is it a coincidence they are Muslim?

  13. marina says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    What part of the Hippocratic Oath did this Muslima doctor not understand?

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:17 pm

      When she took the oath, she was practicing Taqiyya.

  14. gravenimage says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    Michigan: Muslim doctor held for performing female genital mutilation is wife of mosque leader
    ……………………..

    Gee–if she is married to an Imam, how did she ever get the crazy idea that FGM is Islamic? sarc/off

    The Dawoodi Bohra Muslims are infamous for mutilating their female children.

  15. Ashley says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    This United States “doctor” mutilated little girls’ genitalia.

    How many young victims have suffered under the “care” of Dr. Jumana Nagarwala? Surely more than the two girls cited…

    I’m confident Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is a victim of FGM herself…

    Did “mosque” insurance cover the procedures? Were the girls anesthetized? How was this whole sordid matter brought to light?

    I intend to follow this case with a hawk’s eye…

    • Kathy Brown, Esq. says

      Apr 23, 2017 at 10:14 pm

      They were not anesthetized Ashley. That is part of this horrendous muslim practice.

      The whole idea is for a young girl to ever-after associate anything sexual with pain and fear. That way, her family doesn’t get “dishonored”later, should she-allah forbid-fall in love and feel passion…

      Even when I lived in Livonia in the late 80’s there was already a big muslim population there. And it was already occasioning clashes with all things American. I particularly remember them seeking a permit to shriek their yowling “call to prayer” from the firehouse PA system. And I also remember there being arrests for the groping done by the muslim men at the malls-they’d fondle womens’ breasts after just walking up to them, in broad daylight.

      That was in ’87. I can’t even imagine what it’s like now-Livonistan apparently…

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      Muslims believe in inflicting as much pain and terror as possible (it IS the Sex & Death Cult, after all).

      So they do not stun animals before they slit their throats, and they do not anesthetize their breeding stock …. er, little girls … before they mutilate them. And in some cases, they mutilate them the day before they are married off to a man who repeatedly rapes them. And in some cases, they are made to wear their sliced off genitals in a bag on a belt around their waist.

      I will be glad when and if Americans ever figure out just what monsters Muslims are.

    • Cees van der Duin says

      Apr 28, 2017 at 3:46 am

      My real concern is that the US (and Europe) will soon legalise some “mild” forms of the Classification of female genital mutilation (FGM). Every form of FGM should be banned everywhere.

      „Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that
      involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical
      reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human
      rights of girls and women.“ (WHO)

      Islam = FGM = khitan al-inath (ختان الإناث) (Indonesia, Malaysia: sunat perempuan; sunat wanita; khitan wanita.)

      Hadith.
      The Prophet said to Umm Atiyya, or: to Umm Habiba:

      أشمِّي ولا تنهَكي
      ašimmī wa-lā tanhakī
      [Cut] slightly and do not overdo it

      Or Muhammad said:

      اختفضن ولا تنهكن
      iḫtafiḍna wa-lā tanhikna
      Cut [slightly] without exaggeration

      _

      There’s no such thing as ‚mild‘ FGM.

      Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) =
      zero tolerance even to the less invasive forms of FGM

  16. mortimer says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 10:33 pm

    Oh, THAT ruling in SHARIA LAW!!! Why didn’t you say ‘obligatory’?

    Cutting out the clitoris is obligatory

    e4.3 Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the clitoris (this is called Hufaad)

    -from (Umdat as-Salik) Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:25 pm

      It is often much more extensive than that:

      29:00 – 35:00:

      http://bing.com/videos/search?q=ann+barnhardt+video+islam+sexual&view=detail&mid=78659C23DF2A43376AC778659C23DF2A43376AC7&FORM=VIRE

      • Michael says

        Apr 24, 2017 at 1:38 pm

        after watching this video, the acronym ‘FGM’ takes on a slightly different image in your mind. Brutality? Islam should be destroyed if this were the only evil they inflicted on the world.

  17. Matthieu Baudin says

    Apr 23, 2017 at 11:02 pm

    “… The leaders of the mosque didn’t know that Nagarwala was practicing female genital mutilation? If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you…”

    These communities operate like Ghettos where the most backward traditions are able to survive and flourish impervious to the great progress made in social relations within our broader civilisation. The harm done to these young girls is brutal, traumatic and permanent.

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:28 pm

      It kills some girls, and leaves others with ongoing infections for the rest of their lives.

      Plus, for each birth, the extensive scar from the FGM must be sliced open and sewed back up afterward.

      29:00 – 35:00

      http://bing.com/videos/search?q=ann+barnhardt+video+islam+sexual&view=detail&mid=78659C23DF2A43376AC778659C23DF2A43376AC7&FORM=VIRE

  18. Vyx says

    Apr 24, 2017 at 12:17 am

    If you go to the Detroit News page and read the comments, there’s a ton of “this is just like circumcision, it’s OK to mutilate a boy but not a girl, you’re all hypocrites.”

    People insist on being ignorant and equating this with circumcision. Not sure why.

    • Jeanette says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 1:30 pm

      http://bing.com/videos/search?q=ann+barnhardt+video+islam+sexual&view=detail&mid=78659C23DF2A43376AC778659C23DF2A43376AC7&FORM=VIRE

      All informative, but the pertinent six minutes are between 29 and 35 minutes.

  19. mortimer says

    Apr 24, 2017 at 12:32 am

    TAQIYYA FOR SALE! Which naïve journalists will buy?

    Dr. Jumana Nagarwala and her husband, Moiz Nagarwala are perfect examples of TAQIYYA, Islam’s normative method of prevarication.

    TAQIYYA is VERBAL JIHAD against the dirty kufaar.

    • Michael says

      Apr 24, 2017 at 2:16 am

      Article on Drudge, from the Detroit Free Press: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/04/22/female-genital-mutilation-victims-michigan/100690792/

      May the outrage grow and grow and grow, and may people’s dim awareness of the brutality and vileness of Islam grow as well.

  20. Regan says

    Apr 24, 2017 at 7:55 am

    Why do feminists never speak out against this? (Too busy trying to convince people their obesity is beautiful?)

  21. Carolyne says

    Apr 24, 2017 at 12:44 pm

    I believe that the Federal Government could obtain a search warrant to have each and every female, especially young girls associated with this mosque,be examined by a physician to see if they have been subjected to this barbarity. Then their parents and the person who performed the illegal act could be prosecuted. I think that this woman’s husband being an officer of the mosque and both women’s association with it would be grounds to grant the warrant.

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