tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post8188769015799847813..comments2024-03-06T14:12:03.858+04:00Comments on Susan Al Shahri سوسن الشحري: The Issue of FGM in Oman Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03509378404066967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-18425412094588235172013-04-17T09:32:03.442+04:002013-04-17T09:32:03.442+04:00Something that is not often discussed in all of th...Something that is not often discussed in all of this is MGM. Why should it be so horrifying to circumcise girls and not boys? Both practices are of questionable medical value (there have been studies, but all are inconclusive). To me, as a Western Muslim, it is not sufficient that the practice be endorsed in the Hadith. The Hadith is definitely not Quran. If something is prescribed in the Quran, we must take it seriously, even if we wish to interpret it in terms of 21st century understanding - don't they say that the Quran is a book for all people and all eras? But, if it is in the Hadith, it should always be taken with caution. We have books and books in our Muslim heritage listing false ahaatith. Just because something falls within a book that names itself "Sahih" doesn't mean that everything in it is truly shahih. The men who compiled the books were, after all, men. Not God. If we can agree that the Quran is the word of the omnipotent God, we should also recognize that the books of the Sunna were compiled by men and they were recording the speech and deeds of a man - a prophet, true, but a man. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-86586300272959989552013-03-25T14:43:49.764+04:002013-03-25T14:43:49.764+04:00Dear Susan,
Thank you for your interesting articl...Dear Susan,<br /><br />Thank you for your interesting article on FGM in Oman, it is being red internationally and we will also follow up on it and spread the news. Can I connect with you on FB? I work for an international organisations and would very much like to discuss your article.<br /><br />Jessie Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-17758485651913709992013-03-09T05:16:22.086+04:002013-03-09T05:16:22.086+04:00It is violence against girls and women - and in my...It is violence against girls and women - and in my opinion, misogynistic. FGM must have significant repercussions on a child and woman's life, if not resulting on death. I find it nothing short of barbaric and an incredibly cruel thing to do. Most of all, a child, male or female cannot consent - one is changing their life irreversibly without their informed consent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-24207666695771284212013-03-03T01:47:24.765+04:002013-03-03T01:47:24.765+04:00Susan, please keep this subject at the forefront i...Susan, please keep this subject at the forefront in Oman. I truly believe that if this subject is discussed more and you can get allies in the various Ministries at some point, what you suggest will come to pass. Awareness is key, and then, prohibition. This is a form of violence against girls and women. It is now the 21st century, and it must stop. I applaud your courage to speak out!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-90192329886303633942013-01-26T13:53:16.245+04:002013-01-26T13:53:16.245+04:00Thank u Susan
It is the most horrible thing I h...Thank u Susan <br /><br />It is the most horrible thing I have ever seen in my life , really I can not imagine HOW could mothers do this to their own newborn babies .<br /><br />Even the young and educated mothers are still doing it.<br />education and knowledge done NOTHING to their brains.<br /><br />Sometime , I believe people here are afraid to think , or act by themsleves . They have to think and act like the rest of Dhofari's. <br /><br />I - as a Dhofari woman - can not express my total refuse for this brutal act without getting alot of vocal attacks from people around me .<br /><br />But you are brave and strong . keep fighting for the sake of these helpless baby girls who are unlucky to have this terrible and painful welcoming to the world . <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-83891852914969026082013-01-12T19:12:50.845+04:002013-01-12T19:12:50.845+04:00I think that God would not create anything less th...I think that God would not create anything less than perfect. If He'd wanted us to be without certain parts of our bodies, he would have created us that way..... Travelallergyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201624525565688899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-34706541259545965212013-01-10T19:24:58.852+04:002013-01-10T19:24:58.852+04:00I seriously don't understand why MOH is not be...I seriously don't understand why MOH is not being monitored .. the horrible horrible horrible Salalah Sultan Qaboos Hospital needs an extreme makeover .. the building, employees and equipment .. EVERYTHING! When you go there you only pray to get outta there alive! <br /><br />Now .. anyone with common sense and true Islamic background would know its not required to do khetan ( ختان ) for females whither you're sunni / shiaa or whatever clan you are!! <br /><br />it's Logic !! Logic!! and why in the world would someone want that inflect that unnecessary pain on their girls ?? <br /><br />I wish MOH stops hitting the snooze button and wakes up! <br /><br />Thank you Susan for keeping this alive. <br /><br />DuaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734068065352025259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2311943055243587440.post-22060106352714880092013-01-02T07:09:08.411+04:002013-01-02T07:09:08.411+04:00Honestly though, and this is just something I have...Honestly though, and this is just something I have found, giving ahadith from Ibadhi fatwa works in my Ibadhi only village (even though I am Sunni I got it backed up by the Ministry of Religious Affairs but would that work in Salalah where some people follow the most backwards of Saudi Sheikhs who base their fatwa on never having really lived with women (a society based on how the Sahaba lived which is much simliar to Muscat excepting of course the unhalal things here but men and women working and being educasted together ect). I do agree the Ministry of Health and Religion should stand up and say something but if the Grand Mufti doesn't say it, my female relatives don't care (and since the paper cut incision is halal and not haraam no matter how many times he says it is something halal but not recommended by Islam) they weon't care. If he did say though, that the kind practiced in Dhofar is totally haraam (cutting the entirue or too much of clit out) would people there care since he is not a Sunni authority anyways? None of the Shia girls I have ever known in Oman do FGM of any kind because the religious authority that they respect said it isn't required or recommended by Islam but the paper cut kind is merely a permissable part of some cultures. That is the only thing that works. People caring about their religion (and knowing it from an authority they respect I guess) over culture. Just my own experiences trying to eradicate the practice in and around Nizwa.Omani Princess (not Omani...yet)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11738377563210269837noreply@blogger.com