I wouldn’t like to comment on the topic because I am not a certified mufti to talk about Islam and the rights and wrongs of the world.

What I can say though is that any anti-something book can be politically or financially backed up. Regardless, people should read things on sensitive issue with an open but cautious mind and not just believe everything they read right off the bat, like a particular person I know who converted to atheism simply because a book told him religion is ridiculous.

Also I thought it was weird that a good bit of the interview/biography about her talked about her expensive taste in clothes and fashion and how her closet was full of designer brands, which just adds to my suspicions.

About the fatwa to why west Africans don’t do it, lol, are you kidding me ???? And Alazhar just let it fly? Kinda reminds me of the breast feeding scandal.

Stupidity is runnig rampant wallah.

Anyhooo have a happy Eid too Bambam!

but why am i arguing about this with u ! i already know we are on the same side regarding this issue atleast. maybe its because ur making them come off as more benign on this issue than they really are.

i was over myself and i didn’t wish u a happy eid yet, my bad 7aki, inshallah yin3ad 3aleiki 2o 3alla kol 2illi bit7ibihom bil khair 2o titraba lil 7aki bi 3izkom

” in March 2005, Dr Ahmed Talib, Dean of the Faculty of Sharia at the Al-Azhar University, stated: “All practices of female circumcision and mutilation are crimes and have no relationship with Islam. Whether it involves the removal of the skin or the cutting of the flesh of the female genital organs… it is not an obligation in Islam.[30] Both Christian and Muslim leaders have publicly denounced the practice of FGC since 1998″

Now if anybody is listening to the Azhar or the government is a different thing.

Now in regards to circumcision, just for the sake of fairness, please follow the link up there, al 2azhar actually condemned it and the Egyptian government banned it, now if they are following the rules or not is a different issue.

I do agree with you about how Muslims like to attack anybody who criticizes them instead of having a dialogue

Whether we like it or not all these nasty little habits rituals do exist in society and are considered pretty much a part of islam and tradition which go hand in hand (although tradition is like one of the first things islam tried to demolish)

I find it utterly silly to issue death threats and kill people who criticize you, that is the definition of barbarism. and 7aki just for the record even if she did mellow down her tone she will still be under threat, look at all the other alternatives in egypt who are called lunes and lesbian because of what they stand for.

I tend to disagree with 7aki malian on the three points, i think the main thing and the next thing on the evolutionary ladder for islam is learning to accept criticizing without drawing on an arsenal of weapons to settle the dispute . we’ll do that first and then worry about whatever comes next.

oh and before i forgot, ibn 3am khal 2ommi has a red 720 bmw 2amashoo bitsha7et kafa2a aren’t i cool eh ?

Regarding her being a hack, I always give people the benefit of the doubt but I couldn’t help but feel that Ayan has an ulterior motive to why she is doing what she is doing, a lot of inconsistencies in her story a lot of situations that would let you doubt some of what she is saying to be true, like if she was really scared, why would she go back to Nairobi and visit her parents and no body harmed her then?
I really don’t know what to think.

Lina: “I also thought she kept going back to that circumcision incident, domestic violence, and forced marriages, in an overly dramatic way”

I disagree, it is dramatic and should be dramatic because it is terrible and the worst that can happen to a woman so you can’t be overly dramatic.

Alurdunialhurr: She was stripped of her citizenship but they gave it back to her, the beauty of democracy eh?.

Qwaider: I agree with me (not me 7aki fadi but me the commentator), this guy was killed because he insulted a religion, now THAT’s stupid and crazy.

In regards to your friend, Isn’t it your motto Qwaider not to judge people based on other peoples opinions of them?
He is human he might be lying too or not lying per se but maybe he does not know the truth.

I personally am always conflicted and I don’t know who to believe.

Good luck!