Disturbing circumcision

Disturbing circumcision

In the article Circumcision ritual honors children which
appeared last Sunday in this newspaper, it says that "girls'
circumcision would be a grisly and shocking sight for foreigners"
and that "it is one of the most important rites of passage in
Indonesian Muslim communities, and a time for great celebration".

I find this contradiction deeply disturbing, almost as
disturbing as the incomprehensible notion that this ritual honors
children.

MARSHALL LESESNE

Jakarta