please show me the source where you got the info from. thanks.
2007-06-29 03:32:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
from the answers i got so far, i can tell that some of you are NOT close to being aware. yes, females can get circumsized. clitoral circumsiion, that is.
2007-06-29 03:54:03 · update #1
NO ONE is aware of this percentage, not even the government. However, it's a tradition reigning in rural and poor places, where ignorance and extremism are prevalent. Recently, the "mofti" who is the highest religious authority in the state entitled to issue Islamic orders, has issued a "fatwa" stating that female circumcision is against religion. He got attacked for his opinion / order, because A LOTTTTTTTTTTT of people here in Egypt are truly doing their best on many aspects to pull Egypt to the era of darkness and ignorance.
2007-06-30 23:32:12 · answer #1 · answered by RareBird 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just read an article in yahoo news stating that about 97% of both Muslim & Christian women in Egypt are circumsized. Isn't that horrific?!? The headline was about it now being officially outlawed due to the recent death of a 13 year old girl who died of complications ( just one of many I am sure). I knew it happened on a regular basis but had no idea it was that common. I sponsor a young teen girl in Egypt & am sick of the thought that she may have gone through such a thing. It truly is Female Genital Mutilation!
2007-06-29 15:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by packingal 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Females don't get circumsized. Circumcision is the procedure that cuts some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis.
What you mean is probably female genital cutting (female genital mutilation). That's the excision or tissue removal of any part of the female genitalia for cultural, religious or other non-medical reasons.
I don't have any percentage to give you, though.
2007-06-29 03:48:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of the people answered withan answer about %'s that is was too high i know about this and i think it is disgusting that young girls are mutilated in this way to stop the sexual urges.My ex-husband told me that is why Egyptian men prefer to marry Europeans because they can orgasm Egyptian females, or others that have been mutilated have no sexual feelings.
2007-06-30 11:41:37 · answer #4 · answered by Donna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a similar question on here a few weeks ago and the questioner quoted the world health organisation. she quoted this report
http://middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fgh-who.pdf
as stating that 97% of females were circumsised. though this report is now about 8 years old.
for those who state that female circumsion is not possible, it is the generally recognised term for a clitorectmy i.e. removal of the the clitorus. also referrred to as female genital mutilation or FGM
2007-06-29 06:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by sabrina 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
A 2005 UNICEF report found that 97% of females between the ages of 15-49 have been circumsized in Egypt.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070628/hl_nm/egypt_circumcision_dc_1
A shocking statistic for a horrific crime.
2007-06-29 06:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by Just a friend. 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i didnt know females got circumsized?
2007-06-29 03:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by amylynn2114 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
75%
2007-06-29 10:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
what a number 97 %
how they know that ,,,, checked them all ?
reports of liars
2007-06-29 09:06:50 · answer #9 · answered by saye3ba7r 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nor me! ... bloody hell that would hurt! ... there would be nothing left ofthe little man then!
2007-06-29 03:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by Joanne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋