FGM DEBATE

Mr editor allow me space in your widely read news paper to support the article authored by brother Drammeh on the subject of FGM. Mr Drammeh was right in his claims that FGM or female circumcision is not encoded in Islamic traditions. The practise of female circumcision is cultural and evidently pre-Islamic ,so any scholar who try to islamise it is evidently making an error.I would like to add that Imam Abdoulie Fatty is an eminent individual and a very educated scholar ,but that doesn't spare him from the common human emotional down side. He passionately believes that with female circumcision many vices adherent in our societies will be eliminated but the crunch of the social moral collapse is to do with change in our life style and freedom provided to our youths without correct supervision. Secondly ,our moving away from what we perceive as core cultural and religious values is more to do with complicated globalisation which religious leaders are finding very hard to comprehend .The continuous emphasis of women being the cause of our moral decay is over exaggerate and completely misplaced. Both men and women in our society are equally responsible for any thing we perceive immoral and decadence. Female circumcision cannot be claim to be the single most important practise that will reduce the libido of young females to curb their desires ,the old English saying bear fruits here '' it takes two to tango ''. We have been concentrating more attention on our female children and sisters in terms of moral issues whilst at the same time we over looked the moral issues affecting our son's and brothers .these doesn't help the debate in maintaining a decent moral society. The scholars have stated over and over that female circumcision is not Islamic ,one such scholar is DR Bilal Philips resident in emirates who did a lot of research on the topic ,in-fact he went as far as saying that '' female circumcision is not Islamic .He can be contacted at www.Bilalphilips.com I will advice those advocating the end of the practise not to use heart in passing their message ,the topic is a sensitive subject . I am only writing as a concern Gambian not a scholar or an expert .I hope our common good is put ahead of individual scores .