tbbn,

More misinformed crap.

Sorry but female gential mutilation is not a uniquely Muslim practice, nor is it a religious one.

It even predates the Abrahamic religions and is a cultural practice and is specifically banned in various Muslim countries as well as Christian ones.

It is most prominent in African countries and in particular in ones with a prominent Catholic majority and was something Christian missionaries were trying to get rid of but still persists.

Male genital mutilation (ie circumcision) is a specifically Jewish religious practice and was introduced into general Western society generally early in the 20th century as a result of the work of puritan Harvey Kellog who thought it would reduce the incidence of masturbation.

If you want to target unnecessary misguided cruelty and disfigurement you should be looking closer to home.

As Rache says. FGM is not a uniquely Moslem practice and it predates Islam. Any information on whether in this country, in this century, FGM correlates with any country of origin of the perps or any religious group?

"Male genital mutilation (ie circumcision) is a specifically Jewish religious practice"

also practiced by Muslims and the majority of male porn stars.

Rache,

While FGM may have had origins in non muslim cultures many centuries ago, the practise is almost exclusively practised by muslims predominately in Africa as yet another means of making women submissive.

There is no excuse for this practise, and the attempted diversion to male circumcision is fatuous, as there is no reduction in sexual pleasure, and if anything a health benefit.

While it's common in Somalia and Egypt it's also common in the prominently Christian countries of Eritrea (90% rate) and Ethiopia(75% rate) just to name a couple.

It's not and never has been an exclusively Muslim practice, it's not mentioned or condoned in any religious document and is also undertaken by members of animist religions in many countries and predates the Abrahamic religions. It's an illegal practice in several Muslim countries as well as Christian ones.

As for making women submissive, the vast majority of the world's Muslims live in Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangla Desh and India and two of those countries oppressed their women so much they made a woman their leader.

It's easy to generalise and extrapolate to take in vast numbers of people when you have an agenda.

Is Mise,
That's my point.

Male circumcision is a religious custom for Jews only but a cultural custom everywhere else.

It serves no medical purpose and was based on the advice of a misguided zealot and has since become a tradition, particularly in most western countries.

Female mutilation is even more misguided and has no religious basis whatsoever but is perpetuated in the same way.