AsiaPundit has spent the majority of the past decade in Asia, but there were two years he spent in the Middle East (Kuwait specifically). Though Kuwait was not an exceptionally open place for public free speech, it was bizarrely open and uncomfortably personal when small groups of men were gathered in a room. The weirdest question that AsiaPundit has been repeatedly asked, on numerous occasions, was "what does it feel like to be uncircumcised?".

So, Michael’s discovery that Muslims are circumcised isn’t a surprise for AP. But the post still is of interest.:

Call me ignorant, but I didn’t know that Muslims practice circumcision. The topic has just never come up before. That is, the question never came up before the other evening, when I attended what I’d like to call a Uyghur bris. Now, I didn’t even know what I was attending at the time, and there was no cutting going on at the party. I was aware, however, that the party, know in Uyghur as hatmatoi, was celebrating the coming of age of a certain young boy (see photo). If the circumcision had been performed live for our enjoyment (as is the custom with Jews) it would have been a mighty disturbing spectacle, seeing as the boy in question was eight or nine years old. (Circumcision is difficult enough to watch when the circumcisee is an eight day-old baby.) Anyway, I’m told now that the circumcision was likely performed days or weeks in advance of the party, which explains the boy’s ability to smile for my camera.

For what it’s worth, if you are in the Middle East and asked "what does it feel like to be uncircumcised?", don’t answer "Normal, I suppose. I was born with a foreskin. That’s like asking ‘what’s it like to be born with 10 fingers and 10 toes."

That’s a real conversation killer.
Try something diplomatic such as: "I can’t answer that. I really have no basis for comparison."  That’s also a conversation killer, but it goes over far better.