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Submitted by GetReal (United States), Nov 4, 2010 at 07:34

Respectfully,

Simply because the practice has been banned by many Islamic authorities does not mean that it is still not being practiced. Evidence is to the contrary. You would obviously believe nothing that I could present to you, and so may I direct you to one Dr. Mohammed Badawi whose research can be found at: www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html.

There is certainly more current information available, but I doubt that much of it would satisfy your requirements as evidence of the continuing practice, as the majority of it has been compiled by non-Islamic sources.

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