Word: ismael
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tribes have long since been outlawed by African governments." Who are these authorities? A resolution was passed in Lusaka by women delegates from 42 African countries condemning infibulation. I refer to the address presented at the 1979 Conference for Women in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edna Ismael: "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100 per cent of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mail, just to name a few." Islam...
...well aware of the fact that sexual mutilation of girls predates Islam (Note: Pharaonic Circumcision), but I refer also to the address presented at the 1979 U.N. Conference for Women, 6 December, 1979 in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edan Adan Ismael, "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100% of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mali just to name a few." Islam is the religion of Somalia and most...