9 in 10 Kenyan Muslims practice Female Genetal mutilation

This report is from the mothers LAP foundation http://youtu.be/8cNo6nsX6hA their youtube channel

The study; Delinking Islam from FGMshows that 97 per cent of the Muslims in North Eastern Kenya practice FGM in the name of religious and cultural beliefs and strongly links religious beliefs in the Somali community to the current prevalence rates.

While releasing the figures,Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome said thousands of young Somali girls; barely in their teens, undergo FGM regularly.

“When I see a young Somali girl walking on the road, I pity her because; soon she will be experiencing the worst form of human rights violations- FGM

here is a similar report from Egypt

In this study, a majority of women reported being subjected, at least once, to genital mutilations. Almost 8 out of 10 (81.6%) Egyptian women reported being subjected to genital mutilations.

this is who participated in the study from Egypt.

with the Muslim brotherhood and other Islamist parties now having more political power, I don't see the situation improving in the future, it can only get worse for women.

why dont more feminists speak out for the rights of their clitoritis less, black sheet, head to toe, covered sisters.

In brief, the female sample studied can be described as young, Muslim, single, educated, employed and of lower incomes in Cairo.

The data was collected during a single interview with each female participant with no follow-up interviews. A three page semi-structured questionnaire developed by the author was used to obtain information in the following areas: a) personal/family data; socio-economic status; conditions and characteristics of the genital mutilation experience; and its effects upon their psychological and psychosexual functioning.

The data collected was coded and edited to protect the privacy of each participant. Computer encoded data included no references to the identity of the participants. 93% of the subjects completed the interview. Women who refused to participate in this study were almost always accompanied by their husbands or a male figure. Women who willingly participated in this study were either alone or accompanied by a younger person of a lesser age or in the presence of another woman.

http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/badawi.html