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Default Re: Female Circumcision in Egypt

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Originally Posted by Variable View Post
I actually read this in the paper, and have been meaning to ask you if it sounds realistic. (I realize that this isn't something that you'd necessarily know, but maybe you could shed some more light on it)
I'm having Iftar this weekend with an Egyptian family so I'll ask them.

Sounds way too inflated though. I know none of my Egyptian friends have been and some were born there.

Basically it has no basis in Islam - it's a cultural practice and a barbaric one at that.
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