Federal prosecutors say doctor on trial for female genital mutilation is part of secret network
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Federal prosecutors say that a doctor on trial for female genital mutilations is part of a secret network.

Authorities made the disclosure about Jumana Nagarwala during a court hearing on Thursday, according to the Detroit Free Press.

According to the newspaper, authorities said Nagarwala was part of a network of physicians in California and Illinois who were performing the practice for years on minors in their Muslim sect, known as the Dawoodi Bohras.
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Federal prosecutor Amy Markopoulos said “this was not a discrete, one-time occasion. ... It was not arbitrary,” according to the newspaper.