Ylva:
My feelings exactly. A prudent thing to do is to suspend judgment until
one reads the book. The "Western View" is often equated with opposition
to "Female Circumcision/ FGM," and Africans/ Gambians that oppose the
practice are accused of suffering from this so-called "Western View."
This is much too simple.

Again, Congrats! on a job well done.

Abdoulaye

Ylva Hernlund wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Again, it is one brother and one tubaab woman....
> Thank you.
> I look forward to comments after people actually read the book.  As for
> the issue of religion, if one looks at the practice from a continent wide
> perspective and not just at the Gambian situation, it becomes clear that
> the link with religion is not consistent.  Out of the nine country case
> studies that we discuss, a great deal of variety can be detected.  There
> are Muslims who don't practice it and non-Muslims who do, and in each
> local context there is different relationship to religion(s).
> Best, Ylva
>
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Lameen Sisawo Barrow wrote:
>
> > Mr  Conteh,
> >
> > I  want  to  join  you  in  congratulating  the  brothers  on  their
> > books.  I  do  have  reservations  on  dealing  with  female  circumsision
> > from  a  religious  perspective  because  I  think  we  have  been
> > practicing  it  before  the  advent  of  Islam.  I  think  female
> > circumsicion  in  Africa  has  more  traditional  connotations  than
> > religious  influences.  Also,  until  I  get  to  read  the  book,  I
> > doubt  if  someones  western  ideas  will  affect  the  outcome  in  any
> > way.
> >
> > Lameen  S  Barrow
> >
> > Nashville  TN
> >
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