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Why wasn't Sajid cicumsised at birth?

posted 18 years ago by nish-11
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I know this may seem like a stupid question, but normally in Muslim families the boys are usually circumsised within the first few weeks after birth (probabaly based on the fact that they will not be able to remeebr the pain in later years). However, in the film, Sajid is only circumsised when the teacher from the local Mosque notices that Sajid hasn't been circumsised. Hence the question must be asked as to why the parents overlooked this fact for so long (about 8 years??????!!!!!, especially since it is such a common tradition amongst Muslim families.

[–] xmeenax 18 years ago

it is usually asked for my the mother after the child has given birth. i guess the mother didnt want Sajid to be circumsized. she didnt think it was necessaery. hence, when the father later said "this is all your fault" or something like that.

"You shut your mouth when you're talking to me!"

[–] steve-2288 16 years ago

its not asked in the uk usually, as its not routine on the nhs.

[–] oxblood 16 years ago

Correct, plus the mother probably put her foot down after the daughter was born and decided the practice wasn't necessary since her kids were really british citizens.

[–] aurelije 18 years ago

There is no rule when do circumcision in Islam. So in some country it is done on eight day after bird, in other (Balkan, Turkey) when boy have 3 to 5 years, but in some countries get circumcised when they become teenagers.

[–] joey-tribbiani 18 years ago

For comic relief so people can laugh at a minority a little bit more and the screenplay writer and director can make more money.

[–] JMBasquiat 16 years ago

The writer is a member of that minority, moron.

[–] joey-tribbiani 16 years ago

Yes and he is exploiting his position as a minority like many minority members do.

[–] tia_529 18 years ago

I KNOW!!!

This was one of the things in the movie that showed the hypocrisy of the father and made me wanna slap his face off...:-)

I mean, the guy acts like a great muslim and yet he doesnt care enough about his kids to get him circumsized at the right age!!! And then he blames the wife. I think that in a situation like that, he shouldnt have made the kid get a circumsision, but should had rather have left it up to the kid to decide when he was old enough.

"If at first you don't succeed, cheat, repeat until caught, and then lie!"

[–] joey-tribbiani 17 years ago

Yeah that's exactly why he wasn't. So people at home can treat it like a soap opera and come to delusional conclusions about the scene.

Very good.

I stick by my comic relief explanation.

[–] lil_ryder_1 17 years ago

Circumcision has to be done before the boy reaches the age of puberty according to Islamic Law.

[–] Biscuits_with_legs 16 years ago

Maybe they weren't being selfish and waiting until he at least had a mouth of his own unlike people who do it to unconsenting babies

[–] clive-ihd 16 years ago

Jewish Boys are circumcised just after they're born.

In Islam circumcision is done later and is regarded as part of the transition from boyhood to manhood.

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[–] Bengali_Princess 16 years ago

my brother's weren't circumcised at birth, not every family does it then.

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[–] Lolification 15 years ago

why would you know this loool

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[–] Lolification 15 years ago

You're stupid

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[–] DiggityDogg 15 years ago

GameOvais, you're the stupidest poster in the world. Suck it.

[–] AdamTheTurk 15 years ago

What it was was, he had been done, The Mother even says it, probably just not done well.

[–] azarimy 15 years ago

i'm from south east asia. i was born muslim, and only circumcised at 9, my brothers at 8.

it's not a requirement to be circumcised at birth or within a few weeks of birth. it was just easier and less traumatizing for the baby. different cultures, different ways ;).

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[–] Lolification 15 years ago

Everyone I know is not circumsised and they aren't riddled with disease and if your not looking or touching their "bits" then why do you care?!

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[–] avia2 15 years ago

Actually I think the tradition is to circumcise later on, cutting at birth is just to reduce trauma.
In Southeast Asia, boys are often cut at 10 or 11.

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[–] kmc-4 11 years ago

At first, I was thinking that she told the people at the hospital and somehow it didn't happen, but she would have noticed that the first time she changed his diaper. Maybe she just hid the fact that the hospital messed up from her husband. It's not like he's the most patient or understanding person.