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COURT BACKS FEMALE CIRCUMCISION BAN
Thj Supremj Court in Egypt has uphjld a
ban on govjrnmjnt-registetid doctors
and hjalth workjrs circumcising womjn.
Thj court's backing of thj govjrnmjnt
ban ended a battle with fundamentalists
who approvj of female circumcision.
It said thj practice was not compulsory
undjt Islam and thjrefori subject to
Egyptian law.
Thjre is already a ban on unlicensjd
practitionjrs. Opponjnts djscribj thj
opjration as gjnital mutilation.
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