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== | ==Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law== | ||
'''Female Genital Mutilation''' (Arabic: ختان المرأة) is the practice of cutting away and altering the external female genitalia for ritual or religious purposes. Those who practice FGM refer to it as 'Female Circumcision'. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) generally consists one or both of the following procedures: '''Clitoridectomy:''' the amputation of part or all of the clitoris, or the removal of the clitoral prepuce; '''Excision:''' and the cutting away of either or both the inner or outer labia. A third procedure, '''Infibulation''', involves the paring away of the outer labia, whose cut edges are stitched together to form, once healed, a seal that covers both the openings of the vagina and the urethra. Infibulation usually also involves clitoridectomy. Those who engage in FGM consider its primary purpose to be the safeguarding of the purity, virtue and reputation of girls and women. | '''Female Genital Mutilation''' (Arabic: ختان المرأة) is the practice of cutting away and altering the external female genitalia for ritual or religious purposes. Those who practice FGM refer to it as 'Female Circumcision'. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) generally consists one or both of the following procedures: '''Clitoridectomy:''' the amputation of part or all of the clitoris, or the removal of the clitoral prepuce; '''Excision:''' and the cutting away of either or both the inner or outer labia. A third procedure, '''Infibulation''', involves the paring away of the outer labia, whose cut edges are stitched together to form, once healed, a seal that covers both the openings of the vagina and the urethra. Infibulation usually also involves clitoridectomy. Those who engage in FGM consider its primary purpose to be the safeguarding of the purity, virtue and reputation of girls and women. | ||
FGM is a practice associated with Islam: about 80% of FGM is attributable to Muslims.<ref>https://fgmtruth.wordpress.com/what-percentage-of-global-fgm-are-moslems-responsible-for/</ref> Most of the remaining 20% is attributable to non-Muslims living in FGM-practicing Islamic societies (e.g. the Egyptian Copts<ref>https://copticliterature.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/prevalence-of-and-support-for-female-genital-mutilation-within-the-copts-of-egypt-unicef-report-2013/</ref>), or to non-Isamic societies that have been hubs of the Islamic slave trade (e.g. Ethiopia and Eritrea). | FGM is a practice associated with Islam: about 80% of FGM is attributable to Muslims.<ref>https://fgmtruth.wordpress.com/what-percentage-of-global-fgm-are-moslems-responsible-for/</ref> Most of the remaining 20% is attributable to non-Muslims living in FGM-practicing Islamic societies (e.g. the Egyptian Copts<ref>https://copticliterature.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/prevalence-of-and-support-for-female-genital-mutilation-within-the-copts-of-egypt-unicef-report-2013/</ref>), or to non-Isamic societies that have been hubs of the Islamic slave trade (e.g. Ethiopia and Eritrea). | ||
The disposition of '''Islamic law''' towards FGM is determined by its status in the Qur'an and the Sunnah (which consists of the hadith and the [[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]]<nowiki/>t), and on how that status is interpreted by Islamic jurists and scholars ([[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)|fiqh]]). Shariah derives directly from the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Sunnah]] (which consists of the [[Hadith]] and [[Sira|Sira)]]. Shariah has the status of divine revelation, and is unchanging and unchangeable. Fiqh is the process whereby Islamic jurists and scholars make the divine principles of Shariah applicable to human beings in the form of laws, beliefs and observances. | The disposition of '''Islamic law''' towards FGM is determined by its status in the Qur'an and the Sunnah (which consists of the hadith and the [[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]]<nowiki/>t), and on how that status is interpreted by Islamic jurists and scholars ([[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)|fiqh]]). Shariah derives directly from the [[Qur'an]] and the [[Sunnah]] (which consists of the [[Hadith]] and [[Sira|Sira)]]. Shariah has the status of divine revelation, and is unchanging and unchangeable. Fiqh is the process whereby Islamic jurists and scholars make the divine principles of Shariah applicable to human beings in the form of laws, beliefs and observances. | ||
Different schools of Islam... | Different schools of Islam... | ||
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“They have a [right] to practice their religion. And they are Muslims and they’re being under attack for it. I believe that they are being persecuted because of their religious beliefs.” Prosecutor: ‘Brutal’ genital mutilation won’t be tolerated in US | “They have a [right] to practice their religion. And they are Muslims and they’re being under attack for it. I believe that they are being persecuted because of their religious beliefs.” Prosecutor: ‘Brutal’ genital mutilation won’t be tolerated in US | ||
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== Islamic Doctrine that creates social conditions favourable to FGM == | |||
==In the modern Islamic world== | ==In the modern Islamic world== | ||