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[quote=Anonymous]I think the problem is most people just latch on to buzzwords tossed out by people like Pamela Gellar, but don't really understand the meaning or history behind it. If you really care about the victims of FGM, it doesn't really help if you don't know anything about it except "Islam did it to them!" Since the basis of this practice is not even in Islam, you could eradicate Islam from the place and the problem would still be there. How does that help anyone?

And for the person who lived in a village with Afghan girls, you seriously cannot paint an entire religion or even an entire country based on your limited experience. Most people in small villages in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan are not capable of reading or writing. They have no idea if what the imam or "learned man" at the local mosque is telling them what is actually in the Quran or if it is his own twisted interpretation of it (guess what it is most of the time?). I am Muslim, I have family in the US, Canada, Saudi, Pakistan, India, the UAE, Europe, pretty much all over the world and I have never heard of anything like what you are describing. My family is all Muslim and mostly female (I have a ton of girl cousins) and they are all happy, all wear hijab (by choice), have chosen their own husbands (some are pursuing grad degrees after marriage, some are waiting to complete their grad degrees before marriage). My male family is respectful, kind to their wives, mothers, sisters, active in their communities. I hope you understand the impact education and socioeconomic situations have. If you were to go to a big city and interact with normal people from a middle class family, you would have a completely different experience. I would not judge an entire religion as vast as Islam which is spread throughout the world based on one experience in one country. That is pretty foolish, in my opinion. [/quote]

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