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Muslim group to probe 'virginity surgeries'
Sun News ^ | July 7th, 2011 | KEVIN CONNOR

Posted on 07/07/2011 10:37:42 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby

The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) plans to investigate just how common it is for women to have their hymens repaired.

"I am hoping to do this research, but now it is just in the initial stages," Alia Hogben, executive director of the CCMW, said.

On Thursday, QMI Agency reported a story about Dr. Dimitrois Giannoulias of Toronto, who performs the surgery.

Giannoulias has a private clinic and performs the surgery for women who have arranged marriages in the Middle East, where brides need to be virgins or they can face severe consequences.

When he was contacted again, he refused to talk about how common the surgery was performed.

"It is legal. It is a sensitive subject. I'm not speaking to you about it," he said.

"I first heard about this two years ago in Europe," Hogben said. "Doctors making life easier for their patients because women need to be virgins at the time of marriage, but I don't think that should be a factor here.

"I hear it is popular in B.C., but no one is keeping any stats."

The Ontario ministry of health doesn't track these surgeries, which are not covered by OHIP.

"This is not considered a medical necessity so it is not insured," health ministry spokesman Andrew Morrison said. "We wouldn't track something like that."

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario wouldn't discuss the matter.

"I have no comment on that," college spokesman Jill Hefley said. "It is a legal procedure."

The Canadian Institute for Health Information also doesn't keep statistics on hymen surgery.


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: canada; islam; muslim; surgery; virginity; women

1 posted on 07/07/2011 10:37:50 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

“Probe”??? They really said, “Probe”???


2 posted on 07/07/2011 10:40:01 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

surgery or not they have to be insane to marry a Muslim and move to the middle east from Canada.


3 posted on 07/07/2011 10:40:54 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: dayglored

Got to love modern journalism.


4 posted on 07/07/2011 10:41:26 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

On a more serious note, do they really expect honest answers? It’s like asking teenage boys if they masturbate. The very topic ensures a dishonest answer.


5 posted on 07/07/2011 10:41:30 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
"Hymen is a variant of Hyman, a name used mostly by Jewish families."

"So what's this reparations for Hymans? I don't want any!"

6 posted on 07/07/2011 10:47:32 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Gore Lauds Romney on Climate Position; 0bamaCare was based on RomneyCare.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"I hear it is popular in B.C., but no one is keeping any stats."

What year BC? These people are so screwed up it's pathetic.

7 posted on 07/07/2011 10:55:42 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

“A virgin? Really?
As I recall you seemed to have a lot of, um, technique for a virgin!”


Captain Jack Sparrow, On stranger tides.


8 posted on 07/07/2011 11:10:31 PM PDT by Loyal Sedition (Loyal Sedition, often described as "To the right of Attila The Hun"!)
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To: He Rides A White Horse

I think BC refers to British Columbia.


9 posted on 07/07/2011 11:16:32 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
I think BC refers to British Columbia.

I know. I was just having some fun.

10 posted on 07/07/2011 11:26:35 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
"I first heard about this two years ago in Europe," Hogben said. "Doctors making life easier for their patients because women need to be virgins at the time of marriage, but I don't think that should be a factor here.

I was making light of the backward culture that thrives in Islamic. Not the virginity aspect, more so the view.

Giannoulias has a private clinic and performs the surgery for women who have arranged marriages in the Middle East, where brides need to be virgins or they can face severe consequences.

Repairing virginity? On top of that, well, just more of the culture of death thing.

11 posted on 07/07/2011 11:32:10 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: dayglored

These idiots need to be probed with a hot poker..


12 posted on 07/07/2011 11:48:48 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

“Doctors making life easier for their patients because women need to be virgins at the time of marriage....”

Is that a nice way of saying it’s a life-saving medical procedure?


13 posted on 07/07/2011 11:59:56 PM PDT by Nickname
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To: dayglored

well, depends on the young man in question... some could not give a flip if anyone (at least schoolmates) knows.


14 posted on 07/08/2011 12:00:50 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

I’m moving to B.C.
Now is the time to open my FOOM Clinic.
(Full Organic Oral Mammography)


15 posted on 07/08/2011 3:51:59 AM PDT by baltodog (R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

These young women should just stay here in the West. We’re so enlightened, we don’t care if you’re a virgin - unless it’s to point and laugh at you.


16 posted on 07/08/2011 6:09:29 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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