Principalul cotidian egiptean Al-Ahram, a publicat un dosar de 30 de pagini al doctorului Salim Al Awaa, intitulat "Circumcizia femeii asa cum este vazuta ea in Islam" Cairo, 9 January 2005 - The main Egyptian daily, Al-Ahram, published a thirty-page dossier of Doctor Salim Al Awaa entitled ''Female Circumcision as seen by Islam.'' It cites authoritative sheikhs to demonstrate the lack of any link between the Koran and female genital mutilation. It condemns this practice since it is ''founded in popular traditions contrary to the physical and psychological health of women, whose sexuality is accepted by the Koran.'' This represents a turning-point in the 20 year battle against female genital mutilation. ''Only five years ago, speaking of it was taboo, practicing it was normal, its spread was underestimated, and even many feminists were unaware of it; today, something is happening, something that before I would have thought impossible,'' said Moushira Khattab, Secretary-General of the Egyptian National Council for Childhood and Motherhood. ''The news does not end there,'' added Emma Bonino, ''television and other Egyptian media are talking more and more often and openly about this, and the campaign has spread from Egypt to the whole region. Ever since the Cairo Conference in June 2003, things have been moving very quickly.''
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