What critics think

What critics think Articles

Female circumcision to be put on trial

A religious ritual to be tried in the U.S.

Bríd Hehir Published 2 February 2018

On 14 January 2018, a federal judge in Detroit, Michigan,

FGM India

Khafz – is it being exaggerated by activists?

Guest Author Published 20 November 2017

Thirty three year old Batul Mohammed is a busy housewife,

UK FGM industry

Questioning the basis for the UK FGM ‘industry’

Bríd Hehir Published 25 September 2017

When a rare crime like FGM is considered a hidden one,

Khafz’ performed for religious purity

Female Circumcision – communities call for religious freedom to be upheld

Guest Author Published 13 June 2017

Myths and facts about circumcision

Norway banning circumcision would be an attack on religious freedom

Banning circumcision: an attack on religious freedom

Bríd Hehir Published 11 May 2017

The Progress Party, Norway’s third-largest political party,

Moral relativism vs judgement

Moral relativism, moral judgements and FGM

Guest Author Published 20 April 2017

Few contemporary social theorists have shown

FGM parties UK

UK FGM parties hoax reached Sweden

Guest Author Published 13 March 2017

In December 2016, several news media

Clitoral pricking/FGM

The FGM panic is a danger to women

Guest Author Published 7 February 2017

Crusaders are turning African migrants into objects of suspicion

Ghana FGM decline

Anthropologist explores decline of FGM in Ghana

Guest Author Published 9 December 2016

In the global campaign against FGM, many activists

Anti-circumcision zealotry

The bigotry of the anti-circumcision zealots

Guest Author Published 22 November 2016

ESSAY: Today’s campaigning against circumcision is so dogmatic