Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsh-Ali

[wordsgood]

Warning - Post Contains Some Graphic Material.

Also, this is also a controversial subject and the opinions expressed here are purely MY OWN. If you wish to reply, I would ask again that you not make it personal.

 

 

Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsh-Ali - an autobiography

 

I knew of the Taliban, their oppression and terror, from articles and news clips I

[supergran71]

I think you are a very brave person to have put this post on here and I salute you. I am afraid that this barbaric practice is carried out here in the UK, but of course not openly and not under NHS care. I believe there are Muslim doctors who are practising in the UK who carry out this procedure secretly. The other way Muslim girls are subjected to this procedure is I believe by sending them back to their parents' homeland to have it done.

 

There was an interesting programme on Channel 4 Dispatches tonight, describing what is being taught in mosques in the UK, although it didn't include female circumcision.

[wordsgood]

Thanks for the compliment Supergran71! What I got out of the book is not that real doctors are perfoming this procedure in kitchens across the UK and in other "free" societies, so much as it is being done with the assistance and encouragement of certain family members, by their local religious leader. That was my take anyway. Could be wrong, but I would be truly horrified to know that someone who has taken an oath to help treat the sick and injured is carrying out such barbaric practices. Of course I'm referring to those physicians with internationally accepted training and qualifications, not those who had to get their training without the benefit of good schools and strict regulation/supervision.