Mother on death row in Sudanese jail.

I consider myself well and truly chastised for not posting on this tragic cat amd mouse scenario, but you know sunseeker it is just possible that people were busy not that they don't care.. However I will write out 100 times
I need to post on all serious subjects at least twice a day
I need to post "" "" "" "" "" "" "" " """ "" ""

Soutra are you taking the hump upon yourself in competition with jingle?
Anyway.... here is something to cheer you up folks, in case you missed it:
www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/23/female-genital-mutilation-muslim-council-britain-unislamic-condemn

That is really good. Hope it helps to stamp the practice out once and for all.

It is an excellent start to get this statement, but FGM has as far as I know never been just an Islamic practice.
It was a cultural and tribal practice throughout a lot of the North African continent before Christianity or Islam arrived.

So I hope other non Muslim communities in the area will get the message that this is unacceptable.

Latest news is that she and her family are safe in the US embassy. Let's hope that they can get them out to America very soon.

Oh, so relieved and I hope they can get to the USA without further incident and live safely and happily there.

It was horrifying to read that they had been arrested at the airport, including the children, one of whom is only a month old.