“FGM is practised in 29 countries, mainly in Africa, the Middle East, India and other parts of Asia.”
We used to hear that it was only practiced in East Africa. But as it gradually came to light that it was common in many Muslim countries elsewhere, even in some areas of Iran, this had to be revised.
“It is seen by some as a rite of passage into womanhood or a condition of marriage. Though it is not considered an Islamic practice — it predates the religion — for some, it is a religious ritual or requirement and there is tremendous societal pressure placed on families to have it done.”
Not considered an Islamic practice, eh?
“Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — ‘Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark Durie, The Third Choice, p. 64
Why is it obligatory? Because Muhammad is held to have said so: “Abu al- Malih ibn Usama’s father relates that the Prophet said: ‘Circumcision is a law for men and a preservation of honour for women.’” — Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75
“Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her: ‘Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.’” — Abu Dawud 41:5251
“Do not cut severely,” but not “Do not cut.”
That’s why it is so common around the world, and why it is certain to become increasingly common in the United States as well.
“Canadian girls are being taken abroad to undergo female genital mutilation, documents reveal,” by Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star, July 14, 2017:
Thousands of Canadian girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, government officials believe. And some are being taken overseas to have the dangerous procedure done — an illegal act known as “vacation cutting.”
Officials from the federal government’s Global Affairs Ministry warn that, as with forced marriage, the “one chance rule” applies to these cases, meaning a professional might get only one opportunity to speak to a potential victim and save her, according to documents obtained by the Star.
And yet Canada has done little to understand the scope of the problem and is lagging far behind other developed countries in efforts to prevent it, experts say.
“Based on the limited information available, it is possible that a few thousand Canadian girls are at risk, some of whom will be taken overseas for the procedure,” wrote Elaine Cukeric of the federal government’s Vulnerable Children’s Unit in a June 2015 email to a Canadian consular official in Nairobi, Kenya. At the time, the unit — tasked with dealing with issues related to Canadian children abroad — was reaching out to consulates in Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan where cutting is prevalent and asking for their experience dealing with the practice so that “we might develop an effective strategy.”
In a statement to the Star, a Global Affairs spokesperson said the federal government “recognizes that female genital mutilation/cutting is one of the most severe violations of the human rights of women and girls” and when made aware of a case they provide “appropriate consular services.” The spokesperson could not say how many cases her ministry has dealt with in recent years because they “do not have a specific category to track cases of (FGM)” and, further, are “not aware of any updated statistics on the issue of Canadian girls at risk.”
Female genital mutilation (FGM) — also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision — is a procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to external female organs. It can be inflicted on girls as young as 1 and varies in severity from partial removal of the clitoris, to excising the clitoris and labia and stitching up the walls of the vulva to leave only a tiny opening — known as infibulation.
FGM has no health benefits for girls and women. It can cause severe bleeding, problems with urination and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths, according to the World Health Organization. It can also deny women sexual pleasure. FGM affects more than 200 million women worldwide, according to UNICEF. It is a crime in Canada, as is sending a child elsewhere to have the procedure done.
What is unknown — beyond anecdotal evidence — is whether FGM is happening within Canadian borders. In the U.S., a doctor in Michigan was recently charged with carrying out the practice on up to 100 young girls, according to federal prosecutors, who say that no Canadian victims have been identified yet. There have also been cases in the U.K., France and Australia.
Cukeric’s email correspondence, and dozens of additional emails sent by government employees over the past three years and released to the Star through an access to information request, reference multiple cases the government is aware of in which Canadian girls have undergone or are alleged to have undergone cutting abroad.
Government officials reference summaries of specific cases they are aware of, which are housed in internal servers. Many of the cases arose because “a relative (aunt/cousin) was the complainant,” said a Nairobi official. A different consular official in Nairobi wrote that their office had seen “several cases, not all of them successful.” Other officials mention known cases in Somalia and Pakistan — where it is “understood they have a lot of experience dealing with” FGM cases.
In one email chain from September 2015, officials reference a case in which a “little girl” was “alleged to be removed from Canada for the purposes of female circumcision.” (The child’s location in Canada and the country she was allegedly taken to have both been redacted to protect her privacy.)
Local police and children’s services “were unable to prevent the girl from leaving,” said one email.
FGM is practised in 29 countries, mainly in Africa, the Middle East, India and other parts of Asia. It is seen by some as a rite of passage into womanhood or a condition of marriage. Though it is not considered an Islamic practice — it predates the religion — for some, it is a religious ritual or requirement and there is tremendous societal pressure placed on families to have it done….
Paul F Austin says
The whole deadly charade makes me sick to my stomach – and who am I ? Just an ordinary Englishman who speaks out against any evil – but in particular the evils of Islam and this primitive scourge perpetrated on innocents and trusting youngsters who deserve to be able to live their lives in freedom and above all the PROTECTION from, at the very least, EVERY OTHER FEMALE in the world. And what happens? Millions of women who pretend to promote their own gender are simply cowardly evil people THEMSELVES – they have the gall to decry the POTUS for his rather childish comments about some women IN THE PAST. But I am quite sure, in fact beyond doubt, that he would puke at ANY suggestion that he would condone the disgraceful and brutal despoiling of ANY YOUNG GIRL anywhere in the world. Women who fail to vehemently oppose this disgrace to humanity should be TOTALLY ashamed of themselves. TOTALL! Ther ought to be a ten million woman (and men!) march throughout the world against this barbarism. The chances? NIL. So, that is why I totally ignore the postulating of women who demonstrate against ANYTHING ANYTIME ANYWHERE until and unless they get their priorities right and defend TO THE DEATH the rights of EVERY female to be protected from the lifelong evil they suffer, mostly at the hands of Islamic pigs, who deserve to be exterminated if found to support or condone this palpable evil.
Herman says
Especially women like these ones:
Women shouted allahu ackbar:
http://www.ambrosekane.com/2017/01/23/german-women-at-womens-march-on-d-c-event-shouted-allahu-akbar-while-none-of-the-female-bystanders-protested/comment-page-1/
or worse these:
Rather raped then helped by their fellow men:
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d98_1454965474
solsticewitch13 says
isn’t FORCED multiculturalism just dandy,,,,,,, *not*
Herman says
Just like Canada also doesn’t do a thing for mozlims to marry underaged girls
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/03/11/13201531.html
A Lee says
Notice how the pseudo-feminists remain conveniently silent about FBM. Because they don’t truly care about female rights. They only care about their authoritarian Leftist agenda.
A Lee says
Sorry I meant to type FGM.
Johan Elzinga says
I start to believe that our current laws are completely insufficient to combat those practises. Perhaps an eye for an eye works better. In this case. chop off the father’s genitals and do not cut too deep.
Screeminmeeme says
With a rusty knife.
gravenimage says
They are perfectly sufficient–they are just not being enforced at all.
There have been not prosecutions for these atrocities.
Gwenie E Mugliston says
I am an American woman, an old one, an academic. In my role as a medical provider have done hundreds of women health exams, and am very anti-muslim. Women have enough problems with their reproductive tract without adding another layer of pain, life long and agony…birthing through a FGM is incredibly painful. I think men should have something comparable and that is removal of the nerves allowing them to have an erection if that man promotes FGM or punishes because it is not done.
There is nothing in the Qur’an of value in terms of enhancing any person’s capacity to enjoy life and protect those they love. Nothing. FGM is literally an evil practice and the fact that so called American Muslims and American women from any camp have not been vocal about condemning it, is totally reprehensible. I do not belong to a woman’s group because I do not care for the games women play so that I do not have a platform. I do however condemn the practice and do speak out when I write about it. It is a despicable practice and describes a degree of hate toward women I will not tolerate.
Brenda Romano says
Castrate the males. That definitely stops erection.
moeped says
Hey who gives a shit? To me it’s the same as circumcision. Let them do as they like to their people, just don’t make demands of the host country. Those that do can fuck off.
What’s much worse than this is that they sometimes send their girls home for “honor” killing. I have heard this from sources on the ground. They saved a few but not all could be saved.
Death for living like Westerners while living in the West is apparently what some of these “religious people” believe.
What a sickness – there is nothing more abhorrent than killing a child.
Screeminmeeme says
FGM is far from being the same as male circumcision. Zero comparison.
“Female genital mutilation (FGM) — also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision — is a procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to external female organs. It can be inflicted on girls as young as 1 and varies in severity from partial removal of the clitoris, to excising the clitoris and labia and stitching up the walls of the vulva to leave only a tiny opening — known as infibulation.”
And it’s almost always done with a filthy implement like a piece of metal or a knife, without benefit of anesthesia. The sequela of such an inhumane, diabolical practice is excruciating pain during intercourse, agonizing childbirth, urinary and vaginal infections, fistulas, and a lifetime of suffering. All inflicted in the name of Allah.
My heart goes out to any female born into a Muslim family for it will likely mean a life of pain, subjugation and hopelessness.
BTW, I have great compassion also for Muslim boys who are often victims of pederasty (which is systemic is some Islamic countries)……….and for those in Wahhabi schools where they are made to sit for hours, reading and memorizing the Quran, and subjected to physical abuse if they get fidgety or fail to meet the teacher’s expectations. They are fed little and not allowed to play.
There is no question that Islam is the most demonic ideology ever created by a madman. It’s a scourge on mankind and its eradication is the only remedy.
Screeminmeeme says
FGM is far from being the same as male circumcision. There’s no comparison.
“Female genital mutilation (FGM) — also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision — is a procedure that intentionally alters or causes injury to external female organs. It can be inflicted on girls as young as 1 and varies in severity from partial removal of the clitoris, to excising the clitoris and labia and stitching up the walls of the vulva to leave only a tiny opening — known as infibulation.”
And it’s almost always done with a filthy implement like a piece of metal or a knife, without benefit of anesthesia. The sequela of such an inhumane, diabolical practice is excruciating pain during intercourse, agonizing childbirth, urinary and vaginal infections, fistulas, and a lifetime of suffering. All inflicted in the name of Allah.
My heart goes out to any female born into a Muslim family for it will likely mean a life of pain, subjugation and hopelessness.
BTW, I have great compassion also for Muslim boys who are often victims of pederasty (which is systemic is some Islamic countries)……….and for those in Wahhabi schools where they are made to sit for hours, reading and memorizing the Quran, and subjected to physical abuse if they get fidgety or fail to meet the teacher’s expectations. They are fed little and not allowed to play.
There is no question that Islam is the most demonic ideology ever created by a madman. It’s a scourge on mankind and its eradication is the only remedy.
gravenimage says
Good post.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
These people aren’t Canadians. Like the Khadr family, they are using the country as a base of operations.
gravenimage says
*Exactly*, Flavius.
Matthieu Baudin says
“… Officials from the federal government’s Global Affairs Ministry warn that, as with forced marriage, the “one chance rule” applies to these cases, meaning a professional might get only one opportunity to speak to a potential victim and save her, according to documents obtained by the Star…”
Nothing short of a major Public Campaign will end the castration of girls by their extended families and proxies.
Forced marriage offers the possibility of future divorce; castration occupies an altogether lower level of depravity – a girl will never again have a phallus.
A Public Campaign will need to put Political Leaders in the spotlight, denouncing the castration of girls, so that any ambiguity is removed about the States commitment to stamping out this scourge, a green light must be given for the full engagement of law enforcement agencies and the moral will of the public at large needs to be fully harnessed. The fight against the castration of girls will be divisive, but remember that slavery was not given up without a struggle.
Sarah says
We have this happening in Australia too. Shamefully, its a known issue and has been occurring for many years now, thanks to the Muslims we’ve let crawl into the country to live here.
Muslims who live here, are sending their little girls overseas to be mutilated, so as to return home and then in a few years, sent abroad once more to marry some dirty old pervert their parents picked for them. And then of course, to bring that dirty old pervert back to Australia with them, to gain citizenship and that sweet, sweet welfare money.
Its an age old con. Its been going on for a long time. If we started publicly whipping the adults who are involved in any way with FGM, whether by doing it to the girls, or authorizing it to be done on their daughter, or even helping book travel fares etc to get it all sorted in some festering Islamic hellhole somewhere – then watch how fast it’d dry up.
If we arrested every single adult family member of any girl who was found to have suffered FGM, publicly whipped them, removed any and all children from their care permanently, removed their welfare, benefits and housing permanently, then jailed them for 30 years of HARD LABOUR, watch how fast FGM would dry up.
Too many Muslim’s with ‘bad backs’ on welfare who wouldn’t last 6 minutes in a chain gang, rebuilding our highways with their bare hands. Maybe that’s enough to reconsider sadistically torturing a little girl.
We HAVE to start making the punishment’s so bad that its not worth doing the damn crime. Quite frankly, the idea of approving for an adult or adults to physically force a small child to the ground, hold her down forcibly and then mutilate her genitals – all so as she never can enjoy the sexual act and so as to ensure she stays a virgin for her future husband – is a sadistic and brutal crime that is worth more than a whipping and hard labour.
How do you redeem or rehabilitate an adult who desires to see a little girl sexually mutilated so as to permanently cause her terror, pain and suffering? So as to punish her for her entire life? So as to effectively brand her as a side of meat that is owned. I think that could be a capital offense, frankly. The sadism and cruelty involved in this, is truly unforgivable and it can’t be fixed or erased from a person.
gravenimage says
We don’t need to adopt Muslim punishments (not that they criminalize FGM, in any case).
We just need some stiff prosecutions, followed by a good round to deportations.
Brenda Romano says
Anyone caught sending a girl out of the country for female castration should be deported immediately.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Why would they have to “go abroad” for their FGM fixes, when Canadian liberal feminist “doctors” are willing AND LEGALLY ABLE (thanks liberal politicians!) to give it to them for free?!
http://unclevladdi.blogspot.ca/2015/07/fgm-culturally-sensitive-canadian.html
gravenimage says
Canada: Muslim girls being taken abroad for female genital mutilation
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This is happening to girls all over the West–not just in Canada.
God, I hate Islam.
somehistory says
Sons of Liberty reported today that Gov. Rick Snyder of MI, signed into law a bill that will provide up to 15 years in prison for anyone…parent or otherwise…who subjects a little girl to FGM, in that state or if taken out of state.
The law will go into effect in October. The way it reads, no one will be allowed to claim it is *cultural or ritual.*
And the victims can sue up until the age of 28, while the statute of limitations is expanded to 10 years or until the girl is 21.