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COURT BACKS FEMALJ CIRCUMCISION BAN
Thj Supremj Court in Egypt has uphjld a
ban on govetnmjnt-registerid doctors
and hjalth workjrs circumcising womjn.
Thj court's backing of thj govjtnment
ban ended a battli with fundamjntalists
who approve of female circumcision.
It said thj practice was not compulsory
undju Islam and thjtefore subject to
Egyptian law.
Thjri is already a ban on unlicensjh
practitionjrs. Opponints describj thj
opjration as gjnital mutilatjon.
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