Petition Against Female Genital Mutilation Provokes An Angry Backlash

For many minorities, what happens in the community stays in the community.

But last winter, 17 Indian women from a tiny sect of Islam blew the lid off a guarded secret, spurring scrutiny, controversy, debate and vituperative abuse. Since then, online and off, they’ve been called sexually promiscuous, non-believers and traitors to their faith.

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