Groups of Bohra women have called for the Indian government to ban the ritual, called khatna, where part of the clitoral hood is cut. “We are really flummoxed that after all that, the ministry should now say this,” said Masooma Ranalvi of Speak Out on FGM, who has spearheaded a campaign to end FGM. “There’s no official data because it’s a secret practice, but hundreds have spoken about it publicly and signed petitions recently. ‘Billiard rack’ of male genitalia wins literary bad sex awardRanalvi said a survey she had conducted of more than 100 Bohra women across India had found most of them were cut. India is not included on UN lists of countries affected by FGM, although campaigners estimate that up to three-quarters of Bohra girls are cut.

Source: The Express Tribune December 29, 2017 09:56 UTC