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what caught my eye today
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:47 pm |
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The traditional cultural practice of FGC predates both Islam and Christianity. A Greek papyrus from 163 B.C. mentions girls in Egypt undergoing circumcision and it is widely accepted to have originated in Egypt and the Nile valley at the time of the Pharaohs. Evidence from mummies have shown both Type I and Type III FGC present.[34] While the spread of the practice of FGC is unknown, the procedure is now practiced among Muslims and Animists.
There are differences of opinion among Sunni scholars in regards to female genital cutting. These differences of opinion range from forbidden to obligatory.
FMC (female genital cutting/mutilation)
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 07:51 pm |
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Wrong. almost half of the countries in where female cirumsition is practiced have a christian majority.
"Genital mutilation is practiced in 25 countries in central Africa, ranging from Somalia in the east coast and stretching westward to Senegal on the Atlantic. The rite is believed to have originated more than two thousand years ago in Egypt or the Horn of Africa (what is now Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia). The World Health Organization estimates that more than 130 million women have undergone the procedure. Although it is most often associated with Islam, it is also practiced by Christians, adherents to traditional African religions, and one Jewish sect."
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001524.html
Countries Practicing Genital Mutilation
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
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- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
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- Niger
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
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Hate to disappoint you dear, but only 7 of the 25 above listed countries are dominant Christian, 3 countries have an almost same percentage Christian / Islam but the other 15 are really Islamic countries. Not that it matters if the mutulation is done by Muslims or Christians, in my view they are all very, very wrong - and that´s an understatement.
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| 1892. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:08 pm |
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Hate to disappoint you dear, but only 7 of the 25 above listed countries are dominant Christian,
That`s the reason why I said "almost half". 
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| 1893. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:21 pm |
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Hate to disappoint you dear, but only 7 of the 25 above listed countries are dominant Christian,
That`s the reason why I said "almost half".
so, ok, you lost it  wow, and it makes you almost always not right.
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| 1894. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:24 pm |
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so, ok, you lost it wow, and it makes you almost always not right.
of course I`m always right. it`s just that my perception of "almost" is a little bit different.
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| 1895. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 08:29 pm |
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of course I`m always right. it`s just that my perception of "almost" is a little bit different.
i do agree with you here completly that this sounds not almost but very turkish.
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| 1896. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 09:33 pm |
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Hate to disappoint you dear, but only 7 of the 25 above listed countries are dominant Christian,
That`s the reason why I said "almost half".
You were never good at math, were you?  7/25 = 28%, much less than even ´almost half´. I think your boss will be pleased at you when you accept 28 for almost half your salary....
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 09:54 pm |
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You were never good at math, were you? 7/25 = 28%, much less than even ´almost half´. I think your boss will be pleased at you when you accept 28 for almost half your salary....
"almost half" can even mean 1 out of 10, because there isn`t a quantitative description of "almost half", and you can`t prove it wrong. you`re not good at rhetoric, are you?
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 09:56 pm |
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"almost half" can even mean 1 out of 10, because there isn`t a quantitative description of "almost half". you`re not good at rhetoric, are you?
Maybe not but I am better in admitting I don´t know things - your greatest talent is stubborness I think. 
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| 1899. |
20 Dec 2008 Sat 11:09 pm |
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EGYPT: 97% OF MARRIED WOMEN UNDERGO GENITAL MUTILATION
CAIRO, JUNE 27 - A total 97% of the married Egyptian women has suffered genital mutilation, and the area where this practice is most frequent (99%) is in the governorship of Qena, in the south of the country. In Matrouh, on the Mediterranean coast towards Libya, the lowest percentage (25%) is registered. According to the study ´National Project Against Female Circumcision´, held by the Minister of Health in cooperation with the United Nations DAG Programme, the percentage is lower in the urban centres (94.6%), higher in the country (98.8%), while in the Sinai it decreases to 37%, Egyptian independent daily ´Al Masri el Yom´ reports. Among uneducated women, 99.1% have suffered the circumcision; among educated women (secondary school or university), the percentage gets down to 94%. The percentage of women in favour of the circumcision is 85% in Upper Egypt compared to 50% in the North; 50% of the educated women and 87.5% of the uneducated women are also in favour. Two days ago the Chief Mufti of Egypt said that the "harmful tradition of the female circumcision is prohibited by Islam", after the death of an 11-year old girl following an excessive dose of anesthetic given during the operation. The wife of the Egiptian president, Suzanne Mubarak, who is in charge of the government´s consulting commission for Maternity and Childhood, launched today a "national campaign against female circumcision".
Even the lowest figure of 25% is horrible.
+ 100000 
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20 Dec 2008 Sat 11:27 pm |
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Severed cable disrupts net access
Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have been seriously disrupted after submarine cables were severed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792688.stm
Happening twice in the year for same cables,and affecting almost same areas,i must agree its strange !
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