"FMG"-the deepest cruel cut on womanhood...

Female circumcision is NOT islamic - it is African ritual which only the Bohris follow in the subcontinent. It is cruel, inhuman and undemocratic. A girl's clitoris hood is cut off -without anesthesia in most cases. So her sexual desires are subdued . It is terribly unfair and painful and reinforces the stereotype that Islam does not give equal rights to women. Such a barbaric ritual has no place in a progressive community like the Bohras. So we pray to His Highness to ban this ritual.

http://www.change.org/petitions/hh-dr-syedna-ban-female-circumcision-ladkiyon-par-khatna#

Well, I too have just signed the petition to extend my support to my Bohra sisters and more importantly to a whole new generation of our daughters who could be saved from this cruel practice.  

Refer to this article for more info on FMG...the images could disturb you so beware
http://www.indianmuslimobserver.com/2011/11/uproar-over-female-genital-mutilation.html
IMO EXCLUSIVE: Uproar over Female Genital Mutilation: Bohra Muslim woman activist launches campaign...

http://www.indianmuslimobserver.com/2011..

I personally believe in the goodness of religious rituals and practices but any practice that traumatises a fellow human being has to be reviewed and dropped. 

So, my dear friends please support this cause and sign the petition and add a smile to the lips of millions of young Bohra girls who just might be dreading an ordeal of FMG.