Monday April 30, 2012, 6:00 am
Noted, thank you.

Monday April 30, 2012, 6:25 am
Noted and shared on FB and in the group Slavery Today, a human rights group in Care2 and Facebook.
I have already written to my MP Vincent Cable regarding this happening in Britian and asking what the U.K. Governmentis doing about it.
Thank you Esteban for posting this article.

Monday April 30, 2012, 9:27 am
THIS THE ULTIMATE TORTURE OF A FEMALE WHATEVER THE AGE.

Monday April 30, 2012, 11:32 am
I recently read an article about Moslem girls and this stuck in my mind, "Do not worry about your male babysitter raping your 7 year old daugter as he can penetrate her anally. If he penetrates her vagina then he must pay te hmedical costs of having her repaired. If this is not enough then you can ask for compensation. After all, it is only a girl". No, not a hate site but a site about Muslims way of life.

Monday April 30, 2012, 11:52 am
And neither is this a "hate" site, in fact, it's straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.drhatemalhaj.com/qa/index.php/2011/03/26/female-circumcision-3/
Many will read the first few sentences and be done with it. Look into it deeper. Look at the "points", the "excuses", the answers he gives to the questions, I was so thoroughly disgusted at the contradictions, the outright LIES... This is truly demented. BARF

Monday April 30, 2012, 1:42 pm
So horrific.

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:57 am
How can such a primitive, tribal cruetly still be practiced in this day and age? Boggles the mind, but, as usual, it has all to do with the same primitive attitude that women have no purpose other than to serve and service men in every way, and prohibiting women from having a chance to 'cheat' on her husband or a girl to have sex without parental permission and a chosen 'husband', the women must be shrouded under veils, kept prisoner in their homes, forced to be 'modest', and if her external sexual organs are removed, then it is thought she won't even want to have sex. Sex is then so painful that only her owner/husband can make her do it, and Allah commands that she give sex to her husband on command and any time. It all goes back eons to men wanting to be sure that a child was his and many men still seem to think they own womens' bodies.

Many Muslims in the West try to say this isn't an Islamic practice, but there is a raft of information proving that it very much IS. Here is what 'The Reliance of the Traveller' says, and this is accepted by all schools of Islamic thought as the ultimate in Islamic jurisprudence:

e4.3 "Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the clitoris (this is called Hufaad)."
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law

This link gives a long line of Islamic quotes condoning this, including Aisha, the 6 y/o child Mohammed 'married' at 52, and had sex with, as she mentions FGM as a normal thing:

http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Violence_Against_Women#Female_Circumcision_is_Allowed_and_Prescribed

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:09 am
The article didn't mention if this awful man was arrested. Let's hope he is as a warning to others like him. I have to wonder why, as Islam and its founder were so obsessed with sex and possessing women's bodies for fear of tempting men (though Muslim men are given many chances to fulfill their lust with 4 'wives' at a time and the Shi'as still practice 'temporary mut'a marriage' where a man can have unlimited sex partners as long as he has an imam's permit), why aren't men castrated as a means of controlling their sexual aggression? It is always women who must pay for men's failings.

Shouldn't religion make life better for everyone? Shouldn't it be for love and equality and nonviolence for all people? Shouldn't it promote freedom and respect and equality for all people - male and female? etc?

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:09 am
Oh...but, according to all the FANS OF ISLAM....this isn't "Islamic"....it's "cultural."

Isn't that the ration of garbage they usually try to feed us?

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 3:49 pm
Perversion upon perversion. This is a despicable ideology. Wake up!!

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:57 pm
Even in the most populous Muslim country -- Indonesia -- this horrible physical and emotional mutilation continues.

Until the UK, and the West in general decides to stand up and call wrong, wrong and make people like Mohammed Abdul pay dearly for breaking UK law and the trust that these children have put into "the system" and who have been terribly failed.

This guy should be strung up by his genitals until he rots.

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:02 pm
Whoever thought of this terrible practice in the first place - obviously had a hatred of women and a need for control on them. This is something that should be relegated to the past dark ages - but is unlikely seeing that Islam has not progressed one iota in enlightenment.

Tuesday May 1, 2012, 11:47 pm
Well isn't islam all about control-- and isn't it based on the insecurity of the muslim male by removing the temptation of waywardness
Every muslim woman to whom this ghastly procedure has been carried out should sue the perpetrators and those advocating this barbarous torture of the female

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 12:52 am
Informed...Thanks......

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:09 am
I can't believe their sick minds would even be able to think of something like this but there is nothing they do that does not surprise me anymore! They are inhumane!! These men are jealous, insecure, hateful, angry at the world and don't have a clue what sane means..........they are more than likely the end result of incestuous sex!

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:22 am
Thanks for the post.

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 5:27 am


Summary:
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a destructive, invasive procedure that is usually performed on girls before puberty. Part or all of their clitoris is surgically removed. This leaves them with reduced or no sexual feeling. Orgasms are sometimes impossible to experience later in life. Many health problems result from the surgery.

FGM originated in Africa. It was, and remains, a cultural, not a religious practice.

Among individuals and groups opposed to the mutilation, it is seen as a method of reducing the sexual response of women in order to make them less likely to become sexually active before marriage or to seek extra-marital affairs after marriage.

To some who promote the operation, it is seen as a cultural requirement that has health benefits and makes women more physically beautiful. These views are not shared by the rest of the world.

The operation is forced on approximately 6,000 girls per day, worldwide -- about one every 15 seconds. Since FGM is practiced when the girls are young, they are unable to give their informed consent.



FGM: A cultural, not a religious, practice:
This mutilating procedure is often associated mainly with the religion of Islam. This is incorrect. FGM is primarily a social practice, not a religious one. Female genital mutilation predated Islam. It originated in Africa and remains today a mainly African cultural practice. Some indicators of this are:

It is widely practiced in countries where the predominant religion is Christianity: Examples are Ethiopia and Kenya.


In multi-faith countries, it is often forced on girls whose families follow all faiths: Animism religions, Christianity, and Islam. For example, it is frequently practiced among both Muslims, Christians and Animists in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, and Sudan. 1


FGM was once practiced by Ethiopian Jews (a.k.a. Beta Israel; formerly known by the derogatory term "Falashas"). 2, 3, 4.5 This practiced was apparently discontinued some time ago. A pediatrician who works in the Beta Israel community claims that they no do not practice FGM in Israel. Also, their daughters who were born in Ethiopia were not mutilated. 6


FGM has spread to countries in or near Africa (e.g. Egypt) which are Muslim. But FGM is rare or nonexistent in many other Muslim countries. Examples are Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Also, It is not done in the Maghreb countries of Northwest Africa.


FGM is only occasionally found in Indonesia and other predominately Muslim countries in Asia.

In some countries where FGM is practiced, there can be:

"... a strong perception that the practice of FGM/C is required by Islam. The engagement of religious leaders in public discussion has proven to be an essential element in raising awareness of this practice, disassociating it from religious considerations and creating an enabling environment for change. The sub-regional conference on FGM/C, hosted by the Government of Djibouti in February 2005, was notable for the two-day debate among religious leaders from Djibouti and neighboring countries on the theological dimensions of FGM/C. Following an important debate, the outcome document, the Djibouti Declaration, asserts that claims that the Koran requires FGM/C are baseless and reaffirms that all types of FGM/C are contrary to the religious precepts of Islam." 7


One of the motivations for this essay is the misperception by many people that the practice is a religious one. That belief has led to unjustified religious intolerance directed against Muslims.



What It Is
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is practiced in many forms. In order of increasing severity, they are:

Type 1: Sunna mutilation in which the prepuce (the clitoral covering) is removed, along with part or all of the clitoris. This is called Clitoridectomy, Sunna, meaning removal of the clitoris in the tradition of the Prophet Mohammed. It is called "Sunna Kashfa" (Open Sunna) in Sudan. This is found most commonly in West African countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal.


Type 2: Excision: The entire clitoris and prepuce are removed, along with all or part of the labia minora. This is called "Sunna Magatia" (Closed Sunna) in Sudan. It is most commonly found in Burkina Faso and Sudan.


Type 3: Infibulation (a.k.a. Pharaonic or Sudanese mutilation. This involves removal of the clitoris and prepuce, followed by sewing up of the vulva. A small opening is left to allow urine and menstrual blood to pass. 8 A second operation is done later in life to reverse some of the damage. In some cultures, the woman is cut open by her husband on their wedding night with a double edged dagger. She may be sewn up again if her husband leaves on a long trip. It is most commonly practices in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mali, Somalia and Sudan. 9

There are also various other practices, including stretching of the clitoris and/or labia, burning of the clitoris and adjacent tissues by cauterization, scraping of the vaginal orifice, cutting the vagina, placing corrosive substances or herbs in the vaginal in order to tighten it, etc.

Because of poverty and lack of medical facilities, the procedure is frequently done under less than hygienic conditions, often by non-medically trained personnel, and usually without anesthesia. Razor blades, knives or scissors are usually the instruments used.

In the rural Mossi areas of Burkina Faso, group female mutilations are scheduled every three years in many villages. Girls aged from 5 to 8 are assembled by their mothers into groups of up to 20. The mutilation:

"...uses a knife-like instrument, the barga, reserved specifically for this purpose; after each operation she simply wipes the knife on a piece of cloth, sometimes rinsing it in water first." 10

In some areas of Africa, FGM is delayed until two months before a woman gives birth. This practice is based on the belief that the baby will die if she/he comes into contact with their mother's clitoris during birth. We are unaware of any medical evidence to support this belief. Other areas perform FGM on infants before their first birthday, or in adolescence.

Side effects of the operation can include: intense pain, hemorrhage, shock, painful scars, keloid formation, labial adherences, clitoral cysts, chronic urinary infection, and chronic pelvic infections. Later in life, it can cause kidney stones, sterility, sexual dysfunction, depression, and various gynecological and obstetric problems.



Where is it practiced?
Unfortunately, few statistical studies have been made; only rough estimates are available of the frequency with which FGM is performed. In some countries, the practice is near universal. One source 1 estimates that 90% or more of the girls in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Sudan (North) have been mutilated. The same source indicates that over 50% of the girls in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Togo have been operated on. The FGM Education and Networking Project maintains a regularly updated list of countries, population groups, and the types of operation performed. There are over 30 million mutilated women currently living in Nigeria, and about 24 million in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Various groups estimate that from 114 to 130 million women alive today worldwide have had the operation. FGM is outlawed in some countries where it had been widely practiced, such as Kenya and Senegal. It is criminalized in some western countries, where it is normally practiced only by a small number of recent immigrants.

The procedure has been banned in several African nations, including Burkina Faso, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, and Togo. 11

With refugees and immigration becoming common from countries where FGM is practiced, the procedure is spreading to Europe, North America, and elsewhere.



References used:
Many of the web sites referenced in the preparation of his essay have already gone offline.

Sami A. ALDEEB ABU-SAHLIEH, "To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah: Legitimization of Male and Female Circumcision" Available on line at: http://www.hollyfeld.org/
Research, Action and Information Network for Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO) specializes in programs to eliminate FGM. They list many books and reports for sale at low prices. They also loan videos. See: http://www.rainbo.org/
Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahleih, "To Mutilate in the Name of Jehovah or Allah," at: http://almashriq.hiof.no/
Wolf Leslau, "Coutumes et croyances des Falachas (Juifs d'Abyssinie)," Institut d'Ethnographie, Paris, (1957), Page 93.
"FGM: Religion," Amnesty International, at: http://www.amnesty.org/
Private Email, received 2000-DEC-30.
"Changing a harmful social convention: Female Genital Mutilation/cutting," UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Page 31, at: http://www.unicef-irc.org/ This is a PDF file.
The Female Genital Mutilation Research Homepage contained a complete review of FGM. The web site appears to have been abandoned.
Sophie Poldermans, "Combating Female Genital Mutilation in Europe," Page 50, at: www.stopfgm.net/ This is a PDF file.
B. Taverne, "Ethics and communication strategy: female circumcision and AIDS in Burkina Faso", (1996). On line at: http://melusine.mpl.orstom.fr/ Also offline.
"28 on trial in France for female genital mutilation," Reuters, 1999-FEB-02

http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_cirm1.htm

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 6:10 am
Tommy: "Every muslim woman to whom this ghastly procedure has been carried out should sue the perpetrators and those advocating this barbarous torture of the female" - and not in a Sharia courts, in real and honest ones!

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 6:44 pm
Good article. This practice must be made public. I Know that it is true other religions like Coptics in Ethiopia practiced this FGM. I was in a US military base in Massawa Ethiopia with a Paramedic when a young girl had a botched FGM and was needing treatment for extreme infection It was a horrible thing to see and a nightmare for the poor girl.

It must be banned. The people who mutilate women should be charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm at a minimum.

Wednesday May 2, 2012, 8:38 pm
And this from a Muslim leader. Nothing surprises me any more about this evil sect.

Thursday May 3, 2012, 4:06 am
thanks for sharing

Thursday May 3, 2012, 10:08 am
FGM. Whether religious and/or cultural, FGM must be outlawed everywhere.

The leader who advocated this in England should be arrested for inciting this FGM to be done in other
countries where it is legal?? He should have the head of his penis chopped off! Disgusting creepy-man!

Ty, Estaban.
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Thursday May 3, 2012, 11:04 am
"Disgusting creepy-man!"

LOL! You're right, of course! That's EXACTLY what he is!

Thursday May 3, 2012, 3:08 pm
horrific!!!!!!!!! creepy!!!!!!!!!! , noted

Thursday May 3, 2012, 7:54 pm
Thanks for posting this important article, Esteban!

Saturday May 5, 2012, 10:34 am
Pair held by police investigating female genital mutilation in UK
Two men were arrested on Friday by police investigating allegations of female genital mutilation in Britain.
Dentist Dr Omar Sheikh Mohamed Addow, 55, and Dr Ali Mao-Aweys, a 61 year-old GP, were being questioned following the series of raids on addresses in Birmingham.

West Midlands Police said the pair were held over claims that the illegal procedure, known as FGM, was being offered for money throughout the city.

On Friday, the pair was being questioned by detectives from force’s Public Protection Unit on suspicion of offences contrary to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.

Police declined to "confirm or deny" the pair’s identity, but the arrests come a fortnight after they were named by the Sunday Times, which had conducted an undercover investigation into the allegations.

Officers raided properties on Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Trafalgar Road, Moseley and Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding, at 9am on Friday.

Police confirmed the raids were undertaken following the publication of an article in News International title last month.

Detective Inspector Caroline Marsh, who is leading the investigation, said officers were taking the allegations seriously.

“We are still in the very early stages of this investigation but I hope this morning's action sends out a clear message about how seriously we are taking these allegations.

“We are actively working together with our partner agencies to investigate reports of female genital mutilation (FGM) and raise awareness of the practice amongst both professionals and communities, in order to identify and safeguard potential victims.

"I want to reassure people that we thoroughly investigate all allegations of FGM and I would encourage anyone who may have any information about this illegal practice to contact police."

The arrests come after the newspaper reported that as many as 100,000 women in Britain have undergone female genital mutilations with medics in Britain offering to carry out the illegal procedure on girls as young as 10.

Investigators said they secretly filmed the doctor, dentist and alternative medicine practitioner in London who were allegedly willing to perform circumcisions or arrange for the operation to be carried out.

The practice, which involves the surgical removal of external genitalia and in some cases the stitching of the vaginal opening, is illegal in Britain and carries up to a 14 year prison sentence. It is also against the law to arrange FGM.

Known as "cutting", the procedure is traditionally carried out for cultural reasons and is widespread across Africa.

It is thought to be needed as proof of a girl's "purity" for when she marries, but victims are rarely given anaesthetic and frequently suffer long-term damage and pain.

Dr Addow and Dr Mao-Aweys both denied the allegations when confronted by reporters from the newspaper and insisted they were opposed to FGM.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9246130/Pair-held-by-police-investigating-female-genital-mutilation-in-UK.html

Sunday May 6, 2012, 4:29 am
noted, gracias

and please do not use "circumcision" iT IS MUTILATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!