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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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* [{{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}}* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{URLwikipedia|Religious_views_on_female_genital_mutilation#Islam Wikipedia link |... about Khafz]|2021-03-10}}
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