Arriving at a consensus towards Female Genital Modification.

[ron_broxted]

Between Scylla and Charybdis, is it phallocentric oppression or the right to ones ethnic background? Feminazis decry the tradition (usually found in Somalia, Sudan and elsewhere in the region) to force girls to undergo "pharoahnic circumcision". Is it not Eurocentric for wimmin to use "mutilation" a pejorative term rather than modification? What of

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Que pasa?

[ron_broxted]

Re: Que pasa?

[corporeal_v001]

It's good to see that you made it clear that this subject matter has nothing to do with Islam.

Also, worth mentioning that the vast majority of Muslims around the world know nothing of this tradition of North African village life.

Re: Que pasa?

[ron_broxted]

It certainly has no place in Islam and like the burqa/niqab debate is used as a stick to goad the ignorant. It is not even North African but Horn of Africa, Somalia, Sudan and one or two adjacent areas, more East African.