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FGM in Islamic cultures is a highly taboo and secretive affair, and is usually arranged by female relatives. The hadith '[[User:Flynnjed/Sandbox#Do not cut .22severely.22|do not cut severely]]' and '[[User:Flynnjed/Sandbox#One Who Circumcises Other Ladies|One who circumcises other ladies]]' suggest that the actual procedure was performed by women, not men. Male family members are excluded and may not even realise that their community engages in the practice. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/08/victim-fgm-speaking-out-cut-genitals-culture-of-silence I’m a survivor of female genital cutting and I’m speaking out – as others must too - Maryum Saifee]</ref> Oman is reported to have an 95.5% FGM-rate. <ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326191394_Female_Genital_Mutilation_in_the_Middle_East_Placing_Oman_on_the_Map Female Genital Mutilation in the Middle East: Placing Oman on the Map, June 2018, Hoda Thabet & Azza Al-Kharousi]</ref> Nevertheless it is possible for an educated young man to be unaware that FGM exists in his country, but also to be unaware that his own mother and sisters have undergone the procedure. | FGM in Islamic cultures is a highly taboo and secretive affair, and is usually arranged by female relatives. The hadith '[[User:Flynnjed/Sandbox#Do not cut .22severely.22|do not cut severely]]' and '[[User:Flynnjed/Sandbox#One Who Circumcises Other Ladies|One who circumcises other ladies]]' suggest that the actual procedure was performed by women, not men. Male family members are excluded and may not even realise that their community engages in the practice. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/08/victim-fgm-speaking-out-cut-genitals-culture-of-silence I’m a survivor of female genital cutting and I’m speaking out – as others must too - Maryum Saifee]</ref> Oman is reported to have an 95.5% FGM-rate. <ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326191394_Female_Genital_Mutilation_in_the_Middle_East_Placing_Oman_on_the_Map Female Genital Mutilation in the Middle East: Placing Oman on the Map, June 2018, Hoda Thabet & Azza Al-Kharousi]</ref> Nevertheless it is possible for an educated young man to be unaware that FGM exists in his country, but also to be unaware that his own mother and sisters have undergone the procedure. | ||
{{Quote|[https://fgmtruth.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/a-response-to-delinking-female-genital-mutilation-cutting-from-islam-part-2/ A Response to ‘Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam’ – part 2]|It is certainly the case that Islamic FGM today is secretive - | {{Quote|[https://fgmtruth.wordpress.com/2019/06/14/a-response-to-delinking-female-genital-mutilation-cutting-from-islam-part-2/ A Response to ‘Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam’ – part 2]|It is certainly the case that Islamic FGM today is secretive - brothers often not being aware that their sisters have been 'cut'. Indeed, the author witnessed this when being assisted in his research by an Omani university student. The young man knew of FGM, but believed that Oman was free of the practice. He was stunned on being shown surveys that found FGM-rates of between 75 to 95% in Oman. Soon afterwards he was further stunned when, after having mentioned the subject to a sister, he learnt that she, his others sisters and mother had all undergone FGM}} | ||
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