{"id":27242,"date":"2015-12-27T20:18:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T01:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27242"},"modified":"2015-12-27T20:18:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T01:18:27","slug":"losing-our-culture-and-harming-our-young-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27242","title":{"rendered":"Losing Our Culture And Harming Our Young Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the debate about accepting Muslim refugees into America continues, there is something we need to understand–assimilation of the new Muslim<\/a> population cannot be assumed. There is one statistic that illustrates that the Muslims<\/a> that are already here are not interested in assimilation, but instead are carrying out a practice that is illegal in America.<\/p>\n

The Population Reference Bureau<\/a> reported the following in July:<\/p>\n

The ABC News<\/a> piece, “Underground in America: Female Genital Mutilation,<\/a>” quotes PRB\u2019s figures revealing that 500,000+\u00a0 women and girls are at risk of female genital mutilation\/cutting (FGM\/C) in the United States<\/a>\u2014more than twice the number of women and girls estimated to be at risk in 2000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Mather, a co-author on the PRB article and associate vice president of U.S. Programs, told ABC News: “There haven’t been new numbers made available for more than a decade. We knew the immigrant population had grown considerably over the past 10 years, so for a population changing so rapidly, it\u2019s important not to wait to get more updated estimates.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

FGM\/C is illegal in the United States. PRB looked at immigrant families coming from countries with a high prevalence rate of FGM\/C, including places where 80 percent to 90 percent of women undergo the procedure. So the rapid increase in women and girls at risk<\/a> reflects an increase in immigration from these countries\u2014or daughters with parents from those countries\u2014to the United States, rather than an increase in the share of women and girls at risk of being cut.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advocates warn that the risk of FGM\/C can go up during summer months\u2014”vacation cutting”\u2014when girls often travel back to their home countries, particularly in Africa<\/a>, to visit family. PBS NewsHour<\/a> cited the PRB data analysis, underscoring the risk of FGM\/C being a particular concern in New York, which has the largest population of African immigrants<\/a> in the country. In 2013, about 97 percent of U.S. women and girls at risk<\/a> were from African countries, while just 3 percent were from Asia (Iraq and Yemen<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not a practice that is welcome in America. We need to make it clear to immigrants that this is unacceptable. If families want to come to America, they need to refrain from breaking our laws in the name of their customs or religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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