[DtheP47]

Originally Posted by Eric

Problem with the Qur'an is that it looks good on paper, but that's as far as it goes. (A lot like the Constitution of the old Soviet Union.) The grim realities tend to be ignored, ususally on the basis of freedom of religion, the kind of freedom which leads to things like FGM:

Report calls for female genital mutilation to be treated as child abuse | Society | The Guardian

Thanks Eric, can always rely on you to be the voice of logic and reason. I've just spent a good half hour sitting in a darkened room rocking from side to side and keening softly to myself after catching up with the posts on here.