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She’s opposed, for example, to having their son circumcised.

This was when piracy was at its peak and she had just given birth to a son, whom they wanted to circumcise.

Somalia tops the list of countries where the practice, also known as female circumcision, is prevalent, with 99% of the female population between the ages of 15 and 49 having been circumcised.

Last year, a heavily pregnant congregant, knowing she would give birth to a boy, asked that he be circumcised — and that the bris be held on the eighth day of his life, as tradition demands.

Finally, your mother has to kill two or three goats to make a leather coat for you, because for a month before you’re circumcised, you have to wear leather.