To: lady lawyer
From the Sudan to Indonesia is not a few tribes. The only thing the many countries where it is practiced have in common is Islam.
a.cricket
To: another cricket
Not true. I know a man from the Christian part of Nigeria, Emmanuel Babatunde. He is Catholic, his tribe is Catholic or animist. He has written a book, Women's Rites versus Women's Rights, describing the FGM ceremonies in his tribe, in which he participated as a youngster. They were never Muslim. The practice came from the tribal belief that it would ensure fertility.
To: another cricket
The only thing the many countries where it is practiced have in common is Islam. Not true. Female mutilation also is practiced by many Christians in Africa.
200 posted on
10/17/2002 10:11:21 PM PDT by
Nogbad
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