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January 2009

Susanne Winter and Islam

Austrian far-right parliamentarian Susanne Winter was convicted Thursday of incitement because of her anti-Muslim statements, including the claim that Islam’s prophet Mohammad was a pedophile. A court in Winter’s home town of Graz also found the 51-year-old politician guilty of humiliating a religion. She was sentenced to a fine of 24,000 euros euros and a [...]

Female circumcision

Female genital cutting or female circumcision, refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons. It is practiced throughout the world, with the practice concentrated most heavily in Africa. Amnesty International estimates that over 130 million women worldwide have been affected by some [...]