To Margaret about The daughter of a Moroccan 2

Submitted by Rita (United Kingdom), Jun 10, 2009 at 15:13

I'm not in any delusion. I know for a fact that in Morocco female circumsision is not in practise. As it's not practised in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq or Libya. Muslims, Christians, some animists and one Jewish sect practice female circumsicion in Africa. IT IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN QURAN.
Dr Ahmed Talib, Dean of the Faculty of Sharia at Al-Azhar University (Cairo) stated: "All practices of female circumsision and mutilation are crimes and have no relationship with Islam. It is not commanded by the Quran and is not practised by the majority of Muslims."
Originally an old African puberty rite that reached Egypt by diffusion. In a Greek papyrus in the British Museum dated 163 BC, reference is made to the circumcision of girls in Memphis at the age when they received their dowries. Hardly you can blame Islam for it !!!

I do feel sorry for the girl for having such louzy, heartless parents, especially stepmother who disguises her cruelty, jelousy under Islam. Don't we all know stories about stepmothers and stepfathers wanting to get rid of their stepchildren... Of course, these people are evil in any religion or nation. Especially in Islam, where orphans have a special place. Quran (Surah 4:5,6) - Feed them(orphans), clothe them therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.

I'm surprised that poor girl blames Islam for death threats and beatings from her stepmother. The poor girl doesn't know the REAL ISLAM, she doesn't know the beauty and peace of it. I do feel sorry for her, that she thinks those evil, heartless people she calls parents represent Islam. I hope in England she will meet REAL MUSLIMS , who can show her true Islam. And one day her stepmother will see Justice knocking on her door. And I can tell you, God Works in mysterious ways. ...

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