Hindu Indian doctor charged in America with genital mutilation Crime on girls

[Scholar1]

HIGHLIGHTS

Jumana Nagarwala has been charged with performing FGM on minor girls out of a medical office in Michigan

Some of the minor victims were approximately six to eight years old

In US, it is illegal to perform genital mutilation on anyone under the age of 18

NEW YORK: A 44-year-old Indian-origin woman doctor has been arrested and charged with performing genital mutilation on girls aged six to eight, believed to be the first such in the US.

Jumana Nagarwala has been charged with performing FGM on minor girls out of a medical office in Livonia, Michigan.

According to Nagarwala's profile in the Henry Ford Health System website, she speaks English and Gujarati.

According to the complaint, some of the minor victims allegedly traveled inter-state to have Nagarwala perform the procedure.

The complaint alleges that Nagarwala performed FGM on girls who were approximately six to eight years old. This is believed to be the first case brought under a US law, which criminalises FGM.

Nagarwala, who is an emergency room physician, was arrested and was scheduled to appear in federal court in Detroit.

The number of girls under 18 at risk for FGM in the US has quadrupled since 1997. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 513,000 women and girls are at risk of FGM in the US.

The US Congress passed a law in 1996 making it illegal to perform genital mutilation or cutting in the US on anyone under the age of 18. FGM is punishable by up to five years in prison, however, it is not a crime in 26 US states, including Michigan.

"...despite her oath to care for her patients, Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims," Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said in a statement yesterday.

Blanco added that the Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in the US and will use the full power of the law to ensure that "no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse".

Acting US Attorney Daniel Lemisch of the Eastern District of Michigan said female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls.

"It is also a serious federal felony in the United States. The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law," Lemisch said.

The complaint said federal agents reviewed Nagarwala's telephone records and further investigation revealed that parents of two minor girls had traveled to Michigan.

The girls were later interviewed by a forensic expert and one of them said she was told she was coming to Detroit for a "special" girls trip, but after arriving at the hotel, she learned that she and the other girl had to go to the doctor because "our tummies hurt".


The girls were then taken to Nagarwala, who performed the procedure on the girls.



The World Health Organisation (WHO) said female genital mutilation comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

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More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated.



WHO said FGM, which is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15, is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.


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[Mohan]

She is Muslim and My wife knows her very well. We all are from Ahmedabad ,Gujarat. She is form Maninagar ( Modi's constituency)

 

[aliahmad297622]

She is Muslim and My wife knows her very well. We all are from Ahmedabad ,Gujarat. She is form Maninagar ( Modi's constituency)

Bro What happen if she Muslim or Hindu

 

[atensari]

Bro What happen if she Muslim or Hindu

"وہ سمجھتا ہے اس طرح بھارت کی بدنامی نہیں ہوگی کیونکہ "مسلمان بھارتی نہیں ہوتے جو کچھ ہوا اس میں بھارت ماتا کا کوئی دوش نہیں ہے

 

[Scholar1]

WELL SAID, MAN :lol:

"وہ سمجھتا ہے اس طرح بھارت کی بدنامی نہیں ہوگی کیونکہ "مسلمان بھارتی نہیں ہوتے جو کچھ ہوا اس میں بھارت ماتا کا کوئی دوش نہیں ہے

 

[jarmani das]

"وہ سمجھتا ہے اس طرح بھارت کی بدنامی نہیں ہوگی کیونکہ "مسلمان بھارتی نہیں ہوتے جو کچھ ہوا اس میں بھارت ماتا کا کوئی دوش نہیں ہے

sara dosh hinduon ka hai .:biggthumpup:

thread opener sahab ne us doctor ko hindu likha hai , uska maqsad aap samajh gaye ? :biggthumpup:

bhai sahab jahil log india me bhi milte hai , hum log bahut likhate parhate hai lekin madarsa education ko abhi tak improve nahi kar paye .insha allah ek din madarsa education ko bhi high level par le jayenge .

 

[jarmani das]

Bro What happen if she Muslim or Hindu

baat mindset ki ho rahi hai , musalman abhi bhi bahut backward hai , progressive nahi hai . jo log girls ka khatna karwa rahe hai unke bare me socho.

 

[jarmani das]

She is Muslim and My wife knows her very well. We all are from Ahmedabad ,Gujarat. She is form Maninagar ( Modi's constituency)

daudi bohra aur khoza musalman abhi bhi 12th century me jinda hai ,inka system abhi bhi bombay me rahne wale maulvi bohra seyedna ke bharose chalta hai .woh bahut bara chor hai in logo ko loot raha hai .inka khoon choos raha hai.

 

[jarmani das]

WELL SAID, MAN :lol:

well understood ? [hilar][hilar][hilar]

 

[atensari]

sara dosh hinduon ka hai .:biggthumpup:

thread opener sahab ne us doctor ko hindu likha hai , uska maqsad aap samajh gaye ? :biggthumpup:

bhai sahab jahil log india me bhi milte hai , hum log bahut likhate parhate hai lekin madarsa education ko abhi tak improve nahi kar paye .insha allah ek din madarsa education ko bhi high level par le jayenge .

مدرسوں میں اصلاحات کے ساتھ آر ایس ایس کے کیمپس میں اسلحہ استعمال کرنے اور دنگا فساد کرنے کی تریبت بھی ختم کروا لینا

 

[chandbibi]

She is a bohra and this practice is common among bohra muslims. Trying to defame hindus is an old pakistani trick however it does nothing to improve your own image ( yes you understood right) which has now gone beyond redemption or repair.

 

[jarmani das]

مدرسوں میں اصلاحات کے ساتھ آر ایس ایس کے کیمپس میں اسلحہ استعمال کرنے اور دنگا فساد کرنے کی تریبت بھی ختم کروا لینا

jaise apke bhai ne muslim doctor ko hindu bana kar thread open kia tha ?yeh sab madrse me sikhate hai ?

yeh khabar apko pakistan me mili hai ? sab propaganda hai.

apki tasalli ke liye hum log sabko raste par le ayenge insha allah .(bigsmile)

 

[jarmani das]

She is a bohra and this practice is common among bohra muslims. Trying to defame hindus is an old pakistani trick however it does nothing to improve your own image ( yes you understood right) which has now gone beyond redemption or repair.

egypt ke musalmano ke sath middle east aur kuchh african muslim countries ise practice karte hai , jahil aur inhuman practice hai , inko kaun samjhaye .

 

[atensari]

jaise apke bhai ne muslim doctor ko hindu bana kar thread open kia tha ?yeh sab madrse me sikhate hai ?

yeh khabar apko pakistan me mili hai ? sab propaganda hai.

apki tasalli ke liye hum log sabko raste par le ayenge insha allah .(bigsmile)

مدرسہ آپ بیچ میں لے کر آئے ہیں

ہر خبر ہر جگہ ملتی ہے پھر بھی پروپگنڈا ہے تو پہلے کمنٹ میں ہی کہہ دینا تھا

ضرور، انتہا پسند مودی سرکار سے اصلاح کا عمل مزید تیز ہو چکا ہے. آگے آگے دیکھئے ہوتا ہے کیا

 

[aliahmad297622]

baat mindset ki ho rahi hai , musalman abhi bhi bahut backward hai , progressive nahi hai . jo log girls ka khatna karwa rahe hai unke bare me socho.

Any way I heard first time this type of case yakiiiiiii

 

[ImranK]

bohri's follow this anti islamic practice for ages.

 

[k-a-q]

2nd doctor, wife arrested in genital mutilation case

2nd doctor, wife arrested in genital mutilation case

Federal agents arrested a second doctor and his wife Friday in a widening conspiracy involving female genital mutilation and members of a Muslim sect.

Dr. Fakhruddin Attar is accused of letting Dr. Jumana Nagarwala perform mutilations at his Burhani Medical Clinic on Farmington Road. His wife, office manager Farida Attar, also was arrested and is accused of helping Nagarwala perform the mutilations, according to a 14-page complaint unsealed Friday in federal court.

The arrests are the latest development in the nations first female genital mutilation case, which is providing insight into a small, insular Muslim community in Metro Detroit and an illegal procedure performed on young girls.

The complaint solves a mystery stemming from the case by pinpointing where Nagarwala allegedly mutilated two 7-year-old girls from Minnesota earlier this year. The complaint also describes a conspiracy involving at least Nagarwala, Attar and his wife all three are members of the Dawoodi Bohra religious community based locally out of a Farmington Hills mosque.

Fakhruddin Attar (Photo: Saint Joseph Mercy Health System)

Attar, 52, and his 50-year-old wife were arraigned in federal court Friday afternoon and ordered jailed until a detention hearing Wednesday. Both were dressed in the distinctive attire of Dawoodi Bohra members he wore a white cap with gold trim, while his wife wore a long teal dress and head covering with pink fringe.

Dr. Attar is not aware of any crimes committed at his clinic, defense lawyer Mary Chartier told reporters outside court. This is frightening for them and terrifying.

She criticized the government for waiting until Friday to arrest the doctor.

Its classic gamesmanship by the government, knowing they would spend the weekend in custody, she said. Im not surprised the government would pull that stunt.

Gina Balaya, the U.S. Attorneys Office spokeswoman, said prosecutors were prepared to hold a detention hearing Friday, during which U.S. Magistrate Judge David Grand could have decided whether to release the couple on bond.

As reflected in open court, it was at the request of the defense that the hearingbe set for Wednesday, Balaya told The News.

The Farmington Hills couple were arrested around 9:30 a.m. Friday at Burhani Medical Clinic and federal agents were spotted inside.

Embassy Title Agency Inc. owner Kate McCartys office is next door to the Burhani clinic. She watched Attars arrest Friday after he arrived in the parking lot and is shaken by allegations of mutilations that allegedly happened next door.

What do you think? Its disgusting, McCarty said. I mean, its terrible.

The arrests come 11 days after agents raided the clinic amid an investigation triggered by the two Minnesota girls who were brought to Metro Detroit in February and subjected to female genital mutilation.

Attar and his wife were charged with conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation and aiding and abetting female genital mutilation.

Nagarwala, meanwhile, was charged in federal court April 12 and is being held without bond on charges that could send her to federal prison for life.

According to court records and testimony, Nagarwala is a member of the Dawoodi Bohra, a small Muslim sect from India that was linked to a mutilation scandal in Australia two years ago.

Sect members locally belong to the Anjuman-e-Najmi mosque on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. Its the only Dawoodi Bohra mosque in Michigan.
The Dawoodi Bohras hail mostly from western India and were traditionally comprised of businessmen,entrepreneurs and professionals. There are about 1 million followers worldwide.

Two years ago, three Dawoodi Bohras faced trial in Australia in a case that raised awareness of female genital mutilation. The case ended in prison sentences for the three, including a Dawoodi Bohra community leader.

[...snip...]

The procedure has been illegal in the U.S. since 1996 and there are no health benefits for girls and women, according to the World Health Organization.
Nagarwala has denied performing female genital mutilation.

Her lawyer said Nagarwala merely performed a religious procedure that involved removing mucous membrane from the girls genitalia and giving it to relatives for burial.

The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents allege Attar and his wife arranged and helped Nagarwala perform the mutilations, according to the complaint.

Farida assists Nagarwala during the procedures, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Lisa Keith wrote in the complaint.

Nagarwala, 44, a Henry Ford Health System emergency room physician from Northville, is accused of performing the procedure at a Livonia clinic after the facility closed for the evening. She did not charge money to perform the procedures and did not fill out paperwork, according to courtroom testimony.

The Burhani clinic is on the edge of a neighborhood north of Five Mile, a half-mile north of the Livonia Police Department.

Attar owns the private clinic and also is a member of the medical staff at St. Mary Mercy Livonia hospital.

Laura Blodgett, a hospital spokeswoman, said in a statement Friday that Attar had been placed on leave.

He does not have any surgical privileges nor performed any surgical procedures at St. Mary Mercy, and our hospital has no affiliation with the Burhani Medical Clinic, Blodgett said in an email. The U.S. prosecutors office has confirmed to us that there are no allegations of any activity involving St. Mary Mercy hospital in any way.

Attar received his medical education at Maharaja Sayajirao University Faculty of Medicine in western India, according to the hospitals website.

In a photo of Attar on the hospitals website, the doctor is wearing a traditional Dawoodi Bohra white and gold cap.

The Burhani clinic has surveillance video. A sign on the clinic door during a visit Wednesday warned visitors that there is a closed-circuit video camera in operation.

Agents seized surveillance footage from Feb. 3, the day prosecutors allege Nagarwala mutilated the girls genitalia.

At 6:09 p.m., the footage shows Nagarwala arriving in the parking lot of Burhani Medical Clinic and meeting with Fakhruddin Attar.

Fakhruddin Attar is seen handing the doctor a white bag before both enter the clinic.

Minutes later, Farida Attar arrives at the clinic, followed by a woman and a girl, according to the complaint.

The mutilation was over within 17 minutes, according to the federal agent.

After the first girl and her mother left, a second girl and an adult woman arrived at the clinic.

The second victim and her mother were at the clinic for 20 minutes before leaving.

After the alleged procedure, the second girl was examined by a doctor who found the girls genitalia had a small cut and small tear.

The girl identified Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure, the government alleges.

The second girl said two women were present during the procedure and that they held her hands through the alleged mutilation.

The girl identified a photograph of (Farida Attar) as one of the women who held her hands, the agent wrote in the complaint.

During questioning, the second girls parents confirmed they brought their daughter to see Nagarwala for a cleansing of extra skin, the agent added.

Medical examinations of the Minnesota victims after their visit to Metro Detroit showed abnormal genitalia that had scar tissue and small lacerations, investigators said. In one case, a section of a girls genitalia had been removed or altered, according to court records.

Investigators questioned Fakhruddin Attar on April 10. He said Nagarwala occasionally sees patients at his clinic, according to the complaint.

The patients are girls and members of the Dawoodi Bohra community, ages 6-9.

Fakhruddin Attar told investigators Nagarwala sees minor girls for problems with their genitals, including treatment of genital rashes.

Nagarwala only sees the patients when the clinic is closed on Fridays and Saturdays and performs the procedures for free, he added.

She sees patients at the clinic five or six times a year, he said.

There are more victims in Michigan, prosecutors allege.

On March 31, agents obtained a court order to listen to Nagarwalas phone calls.

During one call, Farida Attar was heard advising parents of one Michigan child to deny to law enforcement that the procedures were being performed, according to the agent.

Farida told the parent to completely deny the allegation, and to say that nothing has happened, the agent wrote.

for more info visit: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...doctor-arrested-genital-mutilation/100741450/

 

[ram dar]

these are highly educated muslims , high education could not bring them modern day light .