Lawyer: Genital procedure on girls was part of ‘religious practice’

DETROIT — In a stunning revelation in federal court Monday, an attorney for a Detroit-area doctor charged with mutilating the genitals of young girls admitted that her client performed a procedure on the juveniles’ private parts, but maintained that it wasn’t cutting. Instead, the lawyer said Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville, removed the membrane from…