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In reply to the discussion: ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq [View all]davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)I have heard of this kind of savagery many times... but the why of it always escapes me. Is it based on some kind of religious text that tells them to mutilate women? Four million women...
Our invasion of Iraq was foolish, unjustified, and gave rise to all sorts of extremism and extreme stupidity and cruelty. This though... this is unacceptable. I would gladly fight the men who are doing these things, I would happily pull down their temples, stone by stone. Perhaps it's time for me to go back to the army recruiter... surely the western world will not stand for this. I can't even imagine how I would feel, were they my sisters, my mother, my young nieces. What the hell is wrong with these lunatics?
At this point, I'm not much for giving a damn about what their moronic zealots and clerics believe in or what they think they should do. This needs to be stopped. All of this cruelty... all of this insanity, this barbarism, these despicable acts of torture... and for what? To prove some kind of religious point? To demonstrate superiority over women? I just don't understand. I cannot begin to comprehend why they are doing these things. Anyone who tried to do such a thing to one of my sisters would not survive the attempt.
Our sisters of the Muslim world need our support here. What can we do?