Defense lawyers have said they will argue a freedom of religion defense – setting the stage for an explosive test of Americans’ religious rights that experts say could ultimately be settled by the Supreme Court. As Robert Spencer explained here, Fakhruddin Attar’s lawyer Mary Chartier “apparently she intends to argue that female genital mutilation (contrary […]
Michigan: Lawyer says doctors accused of FGM are “Muslims and they’re being under attack because of it”
Dr. Attar’s attorney Mary Chartier said: “I do believe that the government does not fully understand the religious practices of Dr. Attar and Dr. Attar’s religion, and I think that’s why we are in this courthouse today, and what we’ll be fighting over for the next few months.” Indeed: the government is likely clueless as […]
Michigan: Another Muslim doctor and his wife arrested for conspiring to perform female genital mutilation
If now, during the Trump administration, American officials have suddenly decided to begin prosecuting those who mutilate girls’ genitals, there will be many more such arrests. Why? Because this repulsive practice is justified in Islamic texts. “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of […]