Dorothee
Germany
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Well, Joe, I can’t say for sure whether or not this is a case of Catholophobia, but it’s definitely going to take down the influence of the Roman-Catholic church – whether it’s intentionally or not. I can totally see why some would interpret this as part of a religious conflict, but I can’t say for sure as I never talked to those who were involved.
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News: Twelve years ago the Eritrean government made it illegal to circumcise girls for traditional reasons. They argue that this practice is just too traumatizing and dangerous as usually narcosis is not involved, the area is not sterile and already used razors are used for the circumcising. Still some women come at night or at dawn and ask for ‘circumcising ladies’ to circumcise their daughters as young as 3 to 5 years. The thing is that after giving up their job many circumcising ladies were left without any regular income and thus jump on it for the money – despite fearing they could get arrested and locked up in jail for years. Thus to make the decision easier for them the aid-organization ‘Archemed’ (https:// www. archemed. org/ online-spenden) donates a goat to former circumcising ladies to make them earn a living as goat keepers. In these urban areas this is a highly respected job and by having a big herd of goats you can actually gain a lot of respect. By the way my source is ‘Die Zeit’.
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