Khatan Wanita Masih Popular

SEORANG kanak-kanak perempuan meronta ketika mudim wanita melakukan prosedur khatan. - Gambar hiasan

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BAGI sebahagian besar masyarakat Islam di negara ini, mengkhatankan bayi perempuan dianggap sebagai satu tuntutan agama walaupun secara dasarnya ia bukan amalan yang wajib dilaksanakan.

Rata-ratanya percaya, bersunat boleh mempengaruhi kesihatan sepanjang hayat sama ada untuk lelaki mahupun wanita.

“Bersunat bagi wanita bertujuan untuk menjaga kebersihan selain daripada mengawasi kesihatan batin.

“Menurut petua orang-orang lama juga, berkhatan dapat memelihara diri daripada mendapat pelbagai penyakit.

“Ia juga merupakan satu cara untuk mendoakan zuriat menjadi perempuan yang baik dan solehah apabila dewasa nanti,” jelas pengamal perbidanan tradisional, Nikmah Suhaidi, 49, ketika ditemui Jurnal di rumahnya di pekan Dengkil, Selangor baru-baru ini.

Amalan dituntut

Mewarisi kepakaran turun-temurun daripada keluarga sebelah ibunya, wanita berketurunan Melayu Boyan ini sudah 18 tahun menyunatkan kaum Hawa.

“Selain bayi, saya juga menyunatkan wanita dewasa, sama ada wanita Melayu yang tidak pernah bersunat mahupun wanita yang baru memeluk Islam. Ada yang masih muda, ada juga yang sudah beranak-pinak,” ujarnya.

Menurut Nikmah, wanita mualaf memilih untuk berkhatan kerana mereka menganggap ia sebagai ritual pembersihan selain membuktikan kesediaan mereka untuk menjalani kehidupan sebagai wanita Islam.

“Ia bukan paksaan, tetapi amalan yang dituntut. Selain itu, saya juga percaya, berkhatan mampu memelihara gelora nafsu dan mengurangkan rangsangan berlebihan terhadap kaum Adam.

“Saya tidak pasti sama ada terdapat kajian yang jelas tentang sunat mampu mengawal nafsu berahi wanita.

“Namun, menurut pengalaman saya, sudah beberapa kali wanita dewasa yang dikhatankan mengakui lebih mudah mengendalikan rangsangan seksual mereka,” katanya yang pernah mengkhatankan beberapa orang pekerja seks sebelum ini.

Mengupas lebih lanjut kaedah berkhatan bagi perempuan, Nikmah memberitahu, lazimnya bayi perempuan disunatkan ketika masih kecil, seeloknya beberapa hari selepas dilahirkan.

Namun, ada juga ibu bapa yang memilih untuk menunggu hingga setahun sebelum mengkhatankan anak masing-masing.

Kerat 1.3 sentimeter

“Bersunat bagi perempuan ialah dengan memotong sebahagian muncung daging yang tersembul berdekatan saluran kemaluan wanita. Ia terletak di sebelah atas faraj yang kelihatan seakan-akan bonjolan.

SEORANG wanita menenangkan anaknya dalam satu prosedur berkhatan khusus untuk wanita di Indonesia. - Gambar hiasan

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“Bagi wanita dewasa, daging yang dipotong kira-kira setengah inci (1.3 sentimeter).

“Alat yang digunakan untuk memotong ialah mata pisau cukur yang dipotong empat untuk bayi dan gunting kecil untuk wanita dewasa,” ujarnya.

Selain itu, kelengkapan lain yang diperlukan dalam adat berkhatan ialah kain putih yang bersih, minyak gamat, kain kapas dan duit syiling lima sen.

“Kain putih biasanya akan disediakan sendiri oleh pihak yang ingin dikhatankan. Bagi bayi perempuan, kain yang diperlukan ialah sepanjang satu meter dan dua meter bagi wanita dewasa.

“Kain tersebut akan digunakan sebagai alas punggung selain untuk membungkus duit syiling sebagai pelapik mata pisau cukur bagi mengelak mata pisau menoreh tangan.

“Bagi wanita dewasa pula, selain dijadikan alas, kain putih juga digunakan untuk membungkus daging yang digunting sebelum ditanam,” tambahnya.

Sungguhpun masih mengekalkan berkhatan cara lama, Nikmah tidak pernah berkompromi tentang kebersihan. Setiap peralatan seperti kain, mata pisau dan gunting, akan dicuci bersih sebelum digunakan.

Malah, bekas bidan di klinik swasta ini juga tidak akan menggunakan peralatan yang sama untuk pelanggan berbeza.

“Kain, mata pisau dan gunting akan digunakan sekali saja. Ia akan dibungkus dan ditanam bersama daging yang dipotong tadi. Ini untuk mengelakkan jangkitan kuman dan komplikasi lain.

Tambah Nikmah, untuk memudahkan proses berkhatan, seelok-eloknya kita memulakan dengan selawat ke atas Nabi Muhammad S.A.W.

Tanpa sebarang suntikan bius atau ubat pelali, Nikmah melakukan tugasnya dengan berbekalkan ayat suci al-Quran selain selawat.

“Selesai berkhatan, saya akan memandikan mereka dengan air limau sambil membaca selawat, ia bertujuan untuk membersihkan diri dan menjauhi perkara tidak baik daripada berlaku,” ujarnya yang pernah mengkhatankan bayi yang baru lahir hinggalah wanita dewasa berusia 50 tahun

Romantic April wedding for William and Kate

Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry on April 29.

They will wed at Westminster Abbey on the last Friday in April, Clarence House revealed.

The long-time couple confirmed their engagement last week.

Downing Street has also confirmed that the date will be a bank holiday.

Stay tuned for a blow-by-blow account of their wedding prep!

Prince William seals engagement with Diana’s ring

Britain’s Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement in London on Wednesday.




Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton received a flood of congratulatory messages on Wednesday after announcing their engagement, with the wedding planned for spring or summer next year. Middleton said that she was daunted but happy to be marrying into Britain’s royal family after William had proposed, offering her his late mother Diana’s engagement ring.

The couple announced their forthcoming marriage on Tuesday after an eight-year courtship, much of it in the full glare of the world’s media.

When the couple marry in London next year, it will be Britain’s biggest royal wedding since William’s parents Prince Charles and the then Lady Diana Spencer married at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in July 1981.

William said that the sapphire-and-diamond ring his father, the heir to the throne, gave Diana in 1981 was “very special to me.”

Giving Kate the ring “was my way of making sure that my mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement and the fact that we’re going to spend the rest of our lives together” he added.

Blinking in the glare of flashbulbs, Middleton told a press conference at Saint James’ Palace that the second-in-line to the throne had proposed during a holiday in Kenya three weeks ago. He was a “true romantic,” she said of the prince.

“It’s quite a daunting prospect but hopefully I’ll take it in my stride. But William’s a great teacher, so hopefully he’ll be able to help me along the way,” added the 28-year-old.

The official announcement ended feverish speculation about when William would get engaged to Middleton, the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Middleton and William met in 2001 at Saint Andrews University in Scotland. They broke up briefly in 2007 but soon got back together.

Prince Charles said that he was “thrilled” at the engagement, joking, “They have been practicing long enough.”

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were “absolutely delighted,” Buckingham Palace said.

William described the moment he proposed in a television interview later on Tuesday.

“We had a little private time away together with some friends and I just decided that it was the right time,” the prince said.

He added that he had carried the ring around in his rucksack “for about three weeks” before proposing.

When asked if they planned to have children, William said, “We want a family so we’ll have to start thinking about that.”

A statement from Clarence House, Charles’ residence and office, said that after marrying, the couple would live not in a palace but in north Wales where William is a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

William’s brother Prince Harry said in a statement that he was “delighted that my brother has popped the question. It means I get a sister, which I have always wanted.”

Kate’s parents Michael and Carole said that the family thought William was “wonderful” and “we are extremely fond of him.”

Prime Minister David Cameron said that the wedding would be a “great moment for national celebration.”

The wedding will happen a year before the queen celebrates her diamond jubilee marking 60 years on the throne—and London hosts the Olympics.

Middleton’s father was an airline steward and later became a flight dispatcher while her mother was an air
stewardess before moving into the children’s party business.

Messages of congratulation were soon arriving from abroad.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to invite the future royal couple to his corner of the Commonwealth in a message of congratulations.

“It would be an honor to welcome Prince William and his bride to Canada in the future,” he said.

A message from the office of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said that he was “delighted.”

Australia’s Welsh-born Prime Minister Julia Gillard congratulated Prince William, saying he had left a “strong impression on many Australians” during his January tour Down Under.

“Miss Middleton will no doubt strengthen this remarkable reputation and she has the nation’s best wishes and support,” said Gillard, Australia’s first woman prime minister.

And Japan’s top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku, told reporters, “It was truly wonderful . . . ”

“As I have seen on TV, he is quite a handsome boy and she is beautiful,” he said. “It’s going to be like a fairytale.”

Britain’s press was for the most part equally effusive.

“William and Kate will give us a monarchy fit for the 21st century,” said a souvenir edition of the tabloid the Sun.

The Times, part of the same newspaper group, agreed.

“It is at moments such as this that the monarchy renews itself and redefines itself for our age,” it said.

Prince William seals engagement with Diana’s ring

Britain’s Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement in London on Wednesday.




Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton received a flood of congratulatory messages on Wednesday after announcing their engagement, with the wedding planned for spring or summer next year. Middleton said that she was daunted but happy to be marrying into Britain’s royal family after William had proposed, offering her his late mother Diana’s engagement ring.

The couple announced their forthcoming marriage on Tuesday after an eight-year courtship, much of it in the full glare of the world’s media.

When the couple marry in London next year, it will be Britain’s biggest royal wedding since William’s parents Prince Charles and the then Lady Diana Spencer married at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in July 1981.

William said that the sapphire-and-diamond ring his father, the heir to the throne, gave Diana in 1981 was “very special to me.”

Giving Kate the ring “was my way of making sure that my mother didn’t miss out on today and the excitement and the fact that we’re going to spend the rest of our lives together” he added.

Blinking in the glare of flashbulbs, Middleton told a press conference at Saint James’ Palace that the second-in-line to the throne had proposed during a holiday in Kenya three weeks ago. He was a “true romantic,” she said of the prince.

“It’s quite a daunting prospect but hopefully I’ll take it in my stride. But William’s a great teacher, so hopefully he’ll be able to help me along the way,” added the 28-year-old.

The official announcement ended feverish speculation about when William would get engaged to Middleton, the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Middleton and William met in 2001 at Saint Andrews University in Scotland. They broke up briefly in 2007 but soon got back together.

Prince Charles said that he was “thrilled” at the engagement, joking, “They have been practicing long enough.”

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were “absolutely delighted,” Buckingham Palace said.

William described the moment he proposed in a television interview later on Tuesday.

“We had a little private time away together with some friends and I just decided that it was the right time,” the prince said.

He added that he had carried the ring around in his rucksack “for about three weeks” before proposing.

When asked if they planned to have children, William said, “We want a family so we’ll have to start thinking about that.”

A statement from Clarence House, Charles’ residence and office, said that after marrying, the couple would live not in a palace but in north Wales where William is a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot.

William’s brother Prince Harry said in a statement that he was “delighted that my brother has popped the question. It means I get a sister, which I have always wanted.”

Kate’s parents Michael and Carole said that the family thought William was “wonderful” and “we are extremely fond of him.”

Prime Minister David Cameron said that the wedding would be a “great moment for national celebration.”

The wedding will happen a year before the queen celebrates her diamond jubilee marking 60 years on the throne—and London hosts the Olympics.

Middleton’s father was an airline steward and later became a flight dispatcher while her mother was an air
stewardess before moving into the children’s party business.

Messages of congratulation were soon arriving from abroad.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to invite the future royal couple to his corner of the Commonwealth in a message of congratulations.

“It would be an honor to welcome Prince William and his bride to Canada in the future,” he said.

A message from the office of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said that he was “delighted.”

Australia’s Welsh-born Prime Minister Julia Gillard congratulated Prince William, saying he had left a “strong impression on many Australians” during his January tour Down Under.

“Miss Middleton will no doubt strengthen this remarkable reputation and she has the nation’s best wishes and support,” said Gillard, Australia’s first woman prime minister.

And Japan’s top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku, told reporters, “It was truly wonderful . . . ”

“As I have seen on TV, he is quite a handsome boy and she is beautiful,” he said. “It’s going to be like a fairytale.”

Britain’s press was for the most part equally effusive.

“William and Kate will give us a monarchy fit for the 21st century,” said a souvenir edition of the tabloid the Sun.

The Times, part of the same newspaper group, agreed.

“It is at moments such as this that the monarchy renews itself and redefines itself for our age,” it said.