Cenk Uygur
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Genital Mutilators Cite Religious Freedom
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May 23, 2017
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8:30Now PlayingTwo doctors who have been charged cutting young girls’ genitalia are saying it’s fine because it’s part of their religious freedom. Cenk Uygur, Hannah Cranston, and Brett Erlich, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“Defence lawyers will argue female genital mutilation is a religious right in the first ever federal case on the practice in the US.
Two Detroit doctors and one of their wives have been charged with subjecting two seven-year-old girls to genital cutting.
The defendants are part of a religious and cultural community called Dawoodi Bohra, an Islamic sect based in India, which is accused of practicing FGM.
Two more charged in first US female genital mutilation case
It is the first federal case of its kind in the US, where FGM was banned in 1996.”
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Hannah Cranston, Brett Erlich
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Hannah Cranston, Brett Erlich
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