Hey - I have a foreskin!

We aren't talking about clipping my toenails here!

In my point of view all circumcision is mutilation.

My foreskin is extremely sensitive and serves more than one physiological purpose.

If I had a son and anyone trid to circumcise him I would treat them with the same swift reprisal that I would give if anyone were to attempt to do the same to my daughter.

Akin?

They are both forms of mutilation!

Has Ken ever been asked to give his opinion on the issue of rushdie or the sudanese teddy?

I am equally ignorant of his views on the Israeli Palestinian question, having till now been more interested in his views on London.

As for the beating your wife issue, I believe it is important to consider the context.

Women, in countries like Saudi, Qatar and other gulf states have a pretty rough time of it.

Cultures change slowly.

He advances an agenda for change that hasd as one of it's components the enfranchisement of women within Islam.

If he stands up and shouts "equal rights for women" from the roof tops, he will lose all credibility and influence overnight by alienating men who will se him as a subversive threat to their culture and society.

He isn't admoishing men in quite the way that you or I would, but he is doing it nonetheless.

Who is his target audience?

I think you have to be subtler than that in your assessment of him.

Though I understand your point, I don't see it as being quite as comprehensive or as dramatic as you are making out.

You can also be Palestinian and Christian.