Iraqi Kurdish Parliament Outlaws Female Genital Mutilation

Hudson New York reports that last week Iraqi Kurdistan's Parliament passed a law outlawing female genital mutilation. The move came after a survey by a German-Iraqi non-governmental organization, WADI, revealed that more than 60% of the women and girls in Iraqi Kurdistan have been subjected to genital mutilation. The practice is limited to Sunni Kurds, but appears to have little support in Islamic law.