Hotep

One of my reasons for asking was that I was made aware that this is a highly prevalent practice among Islamic groups throughout Africa and Middle EAst. Someone went as far to say that this is a practice that was INTRODUCED to Africa through the spread of Islam. While I cannot say for sure how accurate this is, I can definitely say that there are no records of this as a common practice in ancient Egypt (KMT) and I have not been made aware of this practice in pre-Islamic West African empires.

If I'm not mistaken, Lerone Bennet talks about this being a practice used among early Puritans in colonial America, in his book "Before the Mayflower." However I might be mistaken and this is another topic altogether.

Peace

Solarus

"To be perfect is to lack nothing essential to the whole therefore I AM."-Solarus

"And if I have to dead you, it's only cuz I love you."- Talib Kweli