[bigbob]

It is one effed-up “religion”

[alabama_heart]

Yes a religion based on the delusions and hallucinations of a paranoid schizophrenic.

[robowombat]

Honest query. It is my understanding the clteridictonmy is not an originally Islamic tradition and there are no references to it in the Koran and the Sharia citations are weak. Rather it is a old tradition originating in the Amhara country and has spread to Islam via Yemen. The first time I read about it was in a anthropology text about Ethiopia. It is clearly part of the shame-honor nexus which is so important to sedentary tribalized peoples in that areas. (The Bedu are, like most nomads, fanatical about honor but more pragmatic. If a husband or father has good reason to believe the woman is engaging in fornication he just kills her, End of story). This charming custom has caught on in the Arab east and in black Africa where it is propagated by Arab missionaries, As a result it is common from Arabia and Egypt to Senegal and Nigeria. What do Freepers who have been in these lovely places have to say?