Somaliland Issues Religious Edict Against Female Genital Mutilation

Somaliland has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, condemning FGM paving the way for legislation outlawing it. The practice, which involves the partial or total removal of the female genitalia, is almost universal in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia.

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Picture: Amran Mahamood, who has made a living for 15 years by performing FGM on young girls, looks into a piece of a mirror. Credit: Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty Images