{"id":717,"date":"2006-04-03T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=717"},"modified":"2009-04-12T21:26:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T01:26:43","slug":"no-relation-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/04\/03\/no-relation-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"No Relation to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last line of this exchange<\/a> says it all:<\/p>\n

Interviewer<\/strong>: Is the girl asked whether she wants to be circumcised or not?
\nDr. Muhammad Wahdan<\/strong>: No. We ask the doctor, who makes the decision.
\nDr. Malika Zarrar<\/strong>: God help us.
\nInterviewer<\/strong>: So what about the girl’s opinion?
\nDr. Muhammad Wahdan<\/strong>: What do you mean?
\nInterviewer<\/strong>: What if she says: I don’t want to be circumcised. What happens then?
\nDr. Muhammad Wahdan<\/strong>: If a girl says she doesn’t want it, she’s free. No problem.
\nInterviewer<\/strong>: Is this what happens in reality?
\nDr. Muhammad Wahdan<\/strong>: I have no relation to reality. I am talking about how things should be.
\nInterviewer<\/strong>: You are a religious sheik, from Al-Azahar University. You cannot say you have no relation to reality.
\nDr. Muhammad Wahdan<\/strong>: Reality is a mistake, we must rectify it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Riiiight.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think we can all agree on this:<\/p>\n

Psychiatrists generally refers [sic<\/em>] to this state as “psychotic” and “delusional”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psychotic, indeed.<\/p>\n

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