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'''Khafz''' is an Indian term for [[FGM]].

In [[India]], the practice is most common amongst members of a sub-sect of Ismaili Shia [[Islam]] known as the Dawoodi Bohra community, though it is also practised by a sect of Sunnis in the southern state of Kerala. In Bohra communities, [[FGM]] is known as ‘Khatna’ or ‘Khafz’ and is usually performed on pre-pubescent girls by traditional practitioners called ‘Mullanis’.<ref>[https://www.equalitynow.org/fgm_in_india_learn_more?locale=en FGM in India: Learn More]</ref>
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* [[India]]
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* {{REFweb
 |url=https://undark.org/2021/03/10/india-battle-over-female-genital-mutilation/
 |title=In India’s Bohra Community, a Battle Over Genital Mutilation
 |last=Kumar
 |first=Ruchi
 |website=Undark
 |date=2021-03-10
 |accessdate=2021-03-10
}}
* {{REFweb
 |url=http://www.wespeakout.org/posts/time-for-indias-government-to-back-up-its-words-with-concrete-action/
 |title=Time for India's Government to Back up its Words with Concrete Action: It Must Ban FGM/Khafz
 |website=WeSpeakOut
 |date=2018-10-09
 |accessdate=2021-03-10
}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Religious_views_on_female_genital_mutilation#Islam|... about Khafz|2021-03-10}}

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[[Category:Circumcision term]]
[[Category:FGM]]
[[Category:Female genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Islam]]

[[Category:India]]

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