"Message from Circumcised Young Man to History & Message to My Mother"

Recorded by an Egyptian man. Heartbreaking. But men who have been assaulted like this when younger must speak out; men so abused when babies have no conscious memories, but when victimized like this in adolescence-- they can speak out. And, I'm glad to see this evidence that indeed, this is becoming an issue in the Muslim parts of the world as well, not just the Judeo-Christian and more secularized areas. Video here. Transcript here. Excerpt:

'and one day when i was 10 years old my mother asked me to go out of home with her, when i asked her where we are going she said we are going for a short journey and we will be back home right away, i agreed to go out with my mother because i trust her and i feel safe with her, because i know she wouldn't hurt me and wouldn't expose me to danger for any reason.
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the moment i lost my consciousness was the worst moment in my whole life, i felt that i had lost everything in my life. i lost safety, confidence in my mother who i was always knowing she would protect me from any danger and harm, and that she would risk her life to protect me. i felt intense rage, intense desire for revenge and i felt helplessness that i can't protect myself. i felt horrible pain, i felt i lost my virginity forever. i lost so much values in my life. i lost the value of loyalty, honesty, trust and love. moments before i lose my consciousness i prayed to God to make this moment the last moment in my life. i prayed that i don't wake up from the surgery except in my grave. i lost consciousness and when i woke up few hour
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the price of raping and killing me was 75 pounds. since this day everything in my life changed to the worst. my relationship with God worsened because i felt God stopped protecting me the day i was in hospital. i stopped praying and i began to move away from Quran and mosques. i felt lonely and began to be introverted and moving away of people. at age of 11, i was once praying the afternoon prayer and i prayed to God to let me die. it was the first time in my life to pray to God to let me die. i was feeling unbearable intense pain in my genitals when i was entering the bathroom with the passing days i felt changes in my body as a result of the surgery and precisely in my genitals. it was changes that never happened to me before.'

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