This guy is so wrong about female circumcision. It is a cultural practice, preceding Muhammad by thousands of years, there is no mention of it in Qur’an, there are no reputable hadith that prescribe it — it is not a part of Islam. It has simply become associated with it by people too uneducated to know any better. I’m linking to an article I wrote several years ago on the subject. It’s not perfect, and the focus is not on the Islamic standing of FGC, but it should be informative nonetheless. Feel free to ignore the prescription for action at the end. http://freakademic.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/archive-female-genital-mutilation/
So a young woman calls a man in authority about a problem with, what I would consider irritation, not arousal, and his response is “cut it off?” Why not just suggest she wear thicker underpants or looser jeans? Why would a circumcision be a better solution? (& wtf with him referring to it as her ‘thing?’)
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The woman in black is badass.
It’s a good thing the creepy guy’s got no daughters.
I also should feel bad for picturing him being castrated by seventeen sperm whales happily munching on his penis, but somehow I don’t.
Yeah, the woman in black gives me a lot of hope for the Arab world.
This guy is so wrong about female circumcision. It is a cultural practice, preceding Muhammad by thousands of years, there is no mention of it in Qur’an, there are no reputable hadith that prescribe it — it is not a part of Islam. It has simply become associated with it by people too uneducated to know any better. I’m linking to an article I wrote several years ago on the subject. It’s not perfect, and the focus is not on the Islamic standing of FGC, but it should be informative nonetheless. Feel free to ignore the prescription for action at the end. http://freakademic.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/archive-female-genital-mutilation/
So a young woman calls a man in authority about a problem with, what I would consider irritation, not arousal, and his response is “cut it off?” Why not just suggest she wear thicker underpants or looser jeans? Why would a circumcision be a better solution? (& wtf with him referring to it as her ‘thing?’)