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Revision as of 07:52, 14 June 2011 editSherenegutierrez (talk | contribs)3 edits We cannot judge and say whether this procedure is wrong because every culture has its beliefs. We should adopt an attitude of tolerance toward the practices of other cultures.~~~~← Previous edit Latest revision as of 08:55, 29 July 2011 edit undoMarB4 (talk | contribs)Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers5,428 edits deleting 3 comments moved to talk page 
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*Update information on Christianity - there are indigenous, ancient pre-Western Christian traditions in Africa and the current article presupposes a biased Western view -particularly important given that Egypt and Ethiopia in particular have high rates of FGC and large, dominantly non-Western Christian denominations cf http://en.wikipedia.org/Christianity_in_Africa--] (]) 21:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC) *Update information on Christianity - there are indigenous, ancient pre-Western Christian traditions in Africa and the current article presupposes a biased Western view -particularly important given that Egypt and Ethiopia in particular have high rates of FGC and large, dominantly non-Western Christian denominations cf http://en.wikipedia.org/Christianity_in_Africa--] (]) 21:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

*You need to add Malaysia to your list. 99% of ethnic Malay who are Muslims have it done (hoodectomy)
It is now extremely rare in Indonesia, but male circumcision is universal among Muslims and not in the other groups 75%-80% Indonesian males circumcised


You need to also see a piece in the May/June 2009 issue of World Watch magazine on female circumcision in The Gambia by an anthropologist, Dr. Dawn Starin, who talks about it in a piece called Notes from The Gambia

We cannot judge and say whether this procedure is wrong because every culture has its beliefs. We should adopt an attitude of tolerance toward the practices of other cultures.] (]) 07:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 08:55, 29 July 2011

  • The article should describe the practice, with sources indicating prevalence of respective variations on the subject.
  • Expand introduction
  • Search for and eliminate duplicate references
  • Update information on Christianity - there are indigenous, ancient pre-Western Christian traditions in Africa and the current article presupposes a biased Western view -particularly important given that Egypt and Ethiopia in particular have high rates of FGC and large, dominantly non-Western Christian denominations cf http://en.wikipedia.org/Christianity_in_Africa--N4guy (talk) 21:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)