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2008-10-16 Africa Subsaharan

Uganda: Community bans female circumcision

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 It's good to see progress being made.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-10-16 10:06|| 2008-10-16 10:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The word is getting out, slowly, among those that practice female circumcision, that it is primitive and barbaric, and for Muslims, that there are some influential fatwas against it.

To their credit, though it has been difficult, some of the better Muslim scholars have been coming around to ideas like this and polio vaccinations. If they have any doubts, then they just dig up some other scholars they respect, to persuade them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-16 14:43|| 2008-10-16 14:43|| Front Page Top

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