Man arrested for genital mutilation of his 5-year-old daughter

A Haarlem man has been arrested on suspicion of having genitally mutilated his five-year-old daughter. The man, of Moroccan origin, was taken into custody after the girl’s foster parents submitted a police report. While the report was filed in October, it has only now been made public. Doctors have confirmed that the girl’s genitals have…

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Hundreds of girls at risk of genital mutilation says MP Souad Sbai

According to MP and president of Italy’s Association of Moroccan women, at least 600 children are at risk of infibulation, or an extreme form of female genital mutilation in Italy. “Every year in Italy there are 600 children, daughters of immigrants, that are at risk of infibulation and it all happens in total silence,” said…

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Immigrants more susceptible to diabetes

Immigrants run a risk 2-6 times greater than native Belgians in developing type 2 diabetes. According to the Flemish Diabetes Associations (VDV), Surinamese, Hindus, Turks, and Muslims appear significantly most susceptible to the disease among immigrants. The VDV has also states that ethnicity is a big risk factor, in addition to the hereditary tendency for…

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Ireland: For burqa wearing women, vitamin D deficiency rises from lack of exposure to sunlight

Muslim women who wear the burqa and other similar face-coverings run an increased disk of pelvic fractures during childbirth because of a deficiency of vitamin D, warns Dr. Miriam Casey of the Osteoporosis Unit in the St. James hospital in Dublin. Those in cloudier environments such as Ireland and Britain generally run an increased risk…

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Muslim American Physicians Congratulate President-Elect Obama and Looks Forward to a More Compassionate Health Care System Under Obama-Biden Administration

The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) has congratulated President-elect Barack Obama, saying the organization looks forward to an improved and more compassionate health care system under the new administration. IMANA shares Obama’s plan for an inclusive health care system as a right of all Americans, and concern for uninsured Americans in a deteriorating…

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