Όλο τα ίδια και τα ίδια λέμεFGM:Reasons for the practiceThe practice continues because of cultural and religious factors that vary from country to country and region to region.It is considered by its practitioners to be an essential part of raising a girl. Women themselves may insist on it for their daughters, or for themselves as adults, including before or after childbirth (when women with Type III are closed again, or "reinfibulated"). Miriam Martinelli and Jaume Enric Ollé-Goig write that reasons for the practice can be divided into five categories:Hygienic and aesthetic. The external female genitalia are considered dirty and "unsightly" and should be flat, rigid and dry;Sociological. Identification with the cultural traditions, as a rite of passage of girls into womanhood, and for the maintenance of social cohesion;Psychological. Reduction of sensitive tissue and thus to curb sexual pleasure in order to maintain chastity and virginity, to guarantee women's fidelity, and even to increase male sexual pleasure;Myths and false beliefs. To enhance fertility and promote child survival; andReligious. FGM/C has been practiced in a range of communities with different religions: Christian, Muslim and animist. Muslim communities often have the false belief that FGM/C is related to teachings of the Islamic law.[...]There is a misperception that the practice is an Islamic one. The likelihood of having experienced FGM increases with the Muslim population, but it is not a religious requirement, although Islamic scholars debate the extent to which it is regarded as desirable. Several Muslim leaders have campaigned for its abandonment, and a former mufti of Sudan issued a fatwa (religious ruling) against infibulation (Type III).Η κλειτοτιδεκτομή, σαν πρακτική, λέγεται πως προέρχεται από την αρχαία αίγυπτο και τις ανιμιστικές θρησκείες της αφρικής.Και επί τέλους ας εντάξουμε αυτήν την καταραμένη διαθεματική προσέγγιση στον τρόπο σκέψης μας. Σύνθετοι δύνανται να είναι οι παράγοντες, όπως παραδέχονται οι ειδικές-οί επί του θέματος! Πετάμε εκεί ένα "Ισλάμ" και ξεμπερδεύουμε...http://stopfgmmiddleeast.wordpress.com/background/islam-or-culture/