Tunisia's Islamist party opposes female circumcision

The head of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party Ennahda insisted Friday that his group was opposed to female circumcision, after one of its MPs caused a storm by reportedly saying the operation was “aesthetic.” “We do not approve of female circumcision, a practice supported neither by Ennahda nor by religion, and which is not a part of our culture,” Rached Ghannouchi told a news conference in Tunis. “Whoever approves of female circumcision cannot remain within our ranks,” he added. Source