Thread: First US Physician charged with mutilating girls' genitalia

Detroit — A Detroit emergency room physician was charged Wednesday with mutilating the genitalia of two 7-year-old girls in what is believed to be the first case of its kind brought under federal law.

Jumana Nagarwala of Livonia was charged with female genital mutilation, a five-year felony, and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, a 10-year felony, according to a complaint unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court.

"According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims," Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco said in a statement. "The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse."

Nagarwala was arrested Wednesday night.

Nagarwala's employer is not identified in court records. But a 44-year-old emergency room physician with the same name is listed on Henry Ford Health System's website with hospital privileges in Detroit and West Bloomfield Township...

...The FBI investigation alleges Nagarwala removed clitoral skin from two girls who were brought to Detroit earlier this year, activity that violates both federal and state law regarding female genital mutilation.

Female genital mutilation is an internationally recognized violation of human rights and is popular among certain religious and cultural communities, according to the FBI. The procedure is believed to initiate girls into adulthood and ensure their marriageability, according to Human Rights Watch, a New York nonprofit human rights organization...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...ion/100416734/

Good.

What about the parents who consented? Should they be charged with child abuse?

Originally Posted by Quest

What about the parents who consented? Should they be charged with child abuse?

Good point.

I'm so tired of all the bowing down to Muslims' demands and giving them a pass on bad behavior, not to mention all the stuff about allowing their religion in the school systems. Maybe I'm just reading too much on the interweb.

Those poor, poor girls!

I hope this really gets brought to light. The far left hasn't said a word.

Originally Posted by Quest

What about the parents who consented? Should they be charged with child abuse?

Two moms charged with subjecting daughters to genital cutting

-The federal government has amped up its female genital mutilation prosecution, charging two Oakland County mothers with subjecting their daughters to the banned religious cutting ritual that has now been linked to four Michigan girls.

This brings the total number of identified victims to six — two from Minnesota, four from Michigan. And the number of defendants charged in the historic case is now up to six, including two doctors, a physician's wife, two mothers and a sixth woman — all of them accused of participating in various degrees of subjecting young girls to genital cutting as part of a religious practice within their Indian Muslim sect.

The latest two defendants — both of them mothers and citizens of India who appeared in federal court Wednesday with their husbands — were released on bond by a federal judge Wednesday and ordered to wear tethers and surrender their Indian passports. The women have also been prohibited from talking to any of the alleged victims or witnesses in this case, except for their daughters, whom they are still allowed to live with.

The government had asked the judge to place both women on home detention and prohibit them from visiting their local mosque, arguing obstructive activity that sought to derail investigators in this case occurred at the mosque and could happen again.

U.S. District Judge Mona Majzoub denied the government's requests after defense lawyers argued the mothers need to tend to the busy lives of their children, who have many activities planned for this summer, including camp, swimming, reading and technology lessons. They also argued that the defendants should be allowed to attend their religious services. As defense attorney Margaret Raben argued on behalf of her client: "The mosque is her family..."

http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017...and/415959001/

Originally Posted by Quest

What about the parents who consented? Should they be charged with child abuse?

Yes they should!

This is interesting, apparently the doctor has a whole lot of supporters who joined together to raise the largest bond amount ever in Detroit federal court history.

Doctor in genital mutilation case freed on $4.5M bond

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...ond/105782924/