Earlier today, Ismail Berdiev, the chairman of the North Caucasus Muslim Coordinating Center, told the radio station Govorit Moskva that female circumcision is a healthy, “purely Dagestani custom.” “As far as I know,” Berdiev explained on air, “it's done to calm a woman's zeal somewhat. There's absolutely no health problem here.”
Meduza: Russian Muslim official defends female circumcision
Ismail Berdiev, the chairman of the North Caucasus Muslim Coordinating Center,
