People who seek to promote #FGM as a single group, single ideology/religious problem, not only highlight their gross lack of knowledge, but they also completely denigrate a large section of society whilst ignoring the fact that the practice cuts across a number of religious, cultural and tribal groups.
The elimination of this practice is extremely complex. It requires different approaches in a number of areas (not necessarily in order of importance or priority) to deal with; cultural, legal, tribal, religious, educational, patriarchal and economic challenges (as examples). These vary in importance depending on what country & often regions within the country that we are working with. Progress is slow, painstaking and as mentioned complex.
Whilst many on social media in particular raise FGM (regardless of how ill informed some are) it keeps the practice front of mind, but they completely ignore the plight of hundreds of young boys subjected to horrific practices as part of the initiation to manhood ceremonies. If people are genuinely concerned about genital mutilation then there needs to be a focus on both.
The subject is too important to be used as a tool in the global Muslim bashing frenzy that we are currently witnessing.
