[Oman-L] Female circumcision in Oman

[adt at uchicago.edu]

Salah,

While there may be incidences where "the west" has abused its 
attempts at understanding the world around us; it may be a 
bit premature to chastize Mr. Duester on his query.  If he 
had, for instance, implied that FGM is Islamic or Arabic or 
Omani or acceptable or any number of other objectionable 
stances then your response might be warranted.  As it stands, 
and without further explication from Mr. Duester, it would 
probably be more helpful to provide whatever information you 
may have.  And while some of us have been studying Arabic and 
countries that primarily speak Arabic and are aware of the 
unacceptable stereotypes that have emerged from American and 
European scholars, others are not as familiar.  And while 
familiar questions arise time and time again, those of us who 
are more familiar should be willing to provide assistance so 
as to avoid past failures.  Finally, FGM is a serious issue 
and it must be dealt with seriously.

Alexs Thompson.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:43:02 -0700
>From: "Salah Kornas" <skornas at kornaslaw.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Oman-L] Female circumcision in Oman  
>To: jduester at oman.org, "News and questions about Oman 
(Sultanate of Oman)" <oman-l at oman.org>
>
>Here we go again. The west is so obsessed with this issue. 
This is 
>something from the past and has nothing to do with Islam or 
the Arabic 
>cultural. No one is taking about the so call ed piercing in 
the west. I 
>am sick and tired hearing about this issue. Please get 
serious
>
>Joachim Duester wrote:
>
>>I am looking for information on female genital
>>mutilation (FGM, "circumcision") in Oman. Any
>>information would be of interest: leads to articles
>>and studies in the ethnological or medical field as
>>well as any personal comments or any particular piece
>>of information.
>>
>>It would be of particular interest to have information
>>on the type of FGM (infibulation, clitoridectomy,
>>excision or other forms) and also information on
>>possible regional, social and religious differences
>>with regard to the application of FGM within the
>>Sultanate. 
>>
>>Joachim Duester
>>
>>
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