Was surprised to read today about arrests made in relation to FGM being carried out on to young girls in NSW, see link below.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sheik-over-female-genital-mutilation/story-e6freuy9-1226473482572

The laws prohibiting the practice were made in 1994 and this will be the first prosecution since the laws were enacted.

Finally there will be some action and all I can say is that it is about bloody time. This barbaric practice has been carried out on Australian girls for far too long and our authorities have turned a blind eye to it.

I note charges have also been laid in WA against some others, alleging that they sent, or took, a girl to Bali for the mutilation.

I trust the prosecutions will be successful and that stiff penalties will be imposed.

I also sincerely hope that others will come forward and provide information that could lead to further charges.

I would like to see it mandatory for medical staff to report to police where they suspect FGM has been carried out.

Banjo not before time and the tip of an ice berg.
I will not hide my head under a blanket.
Not run in fear of PC.
And not hide my view for some, far too many, this makes a mockery of the lie Multi subcultures,.
A continuation of this torture against the laws of this country and .
I truly doubt the pain and suffering of these children, and they number thousands, matter to some WASPS.
As much as a wish to not truly look at SOME practices from SOME Muslims.
I too refuse ti include any previous wave of migrants in my concerns, we are talking about a single group.
It will never be our culture to torture children, to assert male dominance over females.

Dear Banjo,

I know how much this means to you.
You've been an advocate against this for quite some
time. Let us trust that this is only the beginning
for people that break the laws of this country.

cont'd ...

How do you feel about circumcision?

Lexi,
I an in two minds about male circumcission because of conflicting medical evidence. It is a difficult decission for parents, but the operation is minor compared to FGM, where actual organs are cut and flesh removed. I simply shudder when thinking about what the poor girls endure and later in life.

I just hope the prosecutions are successfull and it encourages other states to follow suit. It may also encourage other people to come forward with evidence.

I was of the mind that it would take a death or two of some young girls before any charges were made. Thankfully that has not happened, to our knowledge, and this may be the start of a new era.

Belly,
The problem here is that our politicians have bowed to multiculturalism and not enforced the law. The evidence has been there from emergency wards of hospitals. Girls have been brought in suffering shock, bleeding and infection and it has only been the skill of medical staff that has prevented deaths.

Statistics are not available on how much FGM is carried out here, but Auburn and Canterbury hospitals have specialist units to deal with post FGM problems. The Royal Melbourne hospitial sees about 700 patients per year. Just how many of these are with fresh FGM wounds is unknown. Other hospitals would see post FGM patients as well.

While the majority carrying out this practice may be muslim, not all would be as apparently some non muslims in Africa also practice FGM. As well not all muslims practice FGM. So it is cultural rather than religous.

Since 1994 we have engaged in an extensive education program which has clearly failed as the incidence is increasing. Apparently some girls that were 'done' here are now getting their own daughters 'done',such is the strength of cultural practice.