The Secret World of Female Circumcision

What we have here is female circumcision.

Female circumcision and polygamy are banned, and Muslims accept this.

In an instant, my view of female circumcision changed forever.

But punishment for the perpetrators of female circumcision remains rare.

In Colombia, there are indigenous communities that still practice female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision.

Western culture is shunned and traditional Kikuyu beliefs like female circumcision promoted.

How did female circumcision come to the Americas swings between history and myth.

So one August, during my school holidays, I decided to learn more about female genital circumcision.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT....it is a religious obligation BUT the quran does not mention female genital mutilation nor circumcision.

Well into the 21st century, female circumcision affects 140 million women and 26 countries in the world, among these Colombia.

One is a clash of practices,'' including demands for Halal meat for Muslim schoolchildren, Muslim dress, prayer time, female circumcision, polygamy, and arranged marriages.

Today, living and working in cosmopolitan Nairobi, I look back with a mixture of horror and bemusement on my girlhood fascination with female circumcision.

But also the non Muslim communities of North Africa the Animists, even some Christians and even a Jewish tribe in North Africa is known to practice female circumcision.

Female circumcision is banned in The Gambia from Kartong to Koina . For 21 years, I have been researching from the Qur an and consulting religious leaders whether female circumcision is mentioned in the Qur an but I did not find it there. The world media reverberated with the news in a somewhat jubilant mood, paying tributes to decades of advocacy by feminists and human rights activists.

Let us concede that child marriage, female circumcision, and the like are not found reprehensible by many societies but let us also ask the victims of these practices how they feel.

What we have here is circumcision and that is our religion.

Likewise, the tradition of female circumcision is still a common practice in African countries such as Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Somalia, and Eritrea, where more than 85 of young women suffer from it.

So one August, during my school holidays, I decided to learn more about female genital circumcision. I decided to witness a girl undergoing the practice, and perhaps see her cry and bleed.

We know that circumcision reduces HIV infection by 60 percent in men.

A female rider on International Female Ride Day in Dubai.

I tried to persuade my mother to permit my circumcision, but she refused.

NO TO FEMALE MUTILATION!!

Sheena Etranzi A female soldier.

The practice of male circumcision is ancient and developed in parallel amongst different cultures.

Weiquanwang quoted a female netizen

The Mother of Female Journalists

Says one female Twitter user

Koko is a female gorilla.

Mary is a female spy.

Female Genital Mutilation Mutilates Us All

The female employee suffered from shock.

Mary was the only female teacher.

Mary was the only female teacher.

A mare is a female horse.

Our teacher always favours female pupils.

Is that bird male or female?

He has a lot female friends.

Was the victim male or female?

A doe is a female deer.

In closed list systems, the candidate lists should be zippered male, female, male, female (or vice versa).

The majority of these children are female.

Indonesian female entrepreneurship is an interesting fact.

Female leadership in unions is increasing, though.

2012 Mavzuna Chorieva, first female Olympic medal