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Thus, in requiring Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah''' the Qur'an indirectly advocates FGM. | Thus, in requiring Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah''' the Qur'an indirectly advocates FGM. | ||
== Islamic Doctrine Creating Conditions Favourable to FGM == | ==Islamic Doctrine Creating Conditions Favourable to FGM== | ||
FGM has its origins in the centers of empires, where rich powerful men could engage in extreme polygyny. | FGM has its origins in the centers of empires, where rich powerful men could engage in extreme [[Polygamy in Islam|polygyny]]. | ||
Islam is an empire-building ideology that favours polygyny and, to this extent, reproduces the originating conditions for FGM. Indeed, I believe that Islam can be characterised as the codification and sacralisation of polygyny, and of the consequences of polygyny. | Islam is an empire-building ideology that favours polygyny and, to this extent, reproduces the originating conditions for FGM. Indeed, I believe that Islam can be characterised as the codification and sacralisation of polygyny, and of the consequences of polygyny. | ||
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Generally polygyny is practiced by men of the social elite. These men take possession of an inequitable share of the community’s women. This results in a scarcity of females at the bottom of society, which creates a sexual, affective and marital famine which low-status men have traditionally solved by capturing females from neighbouring tribes, or by engaging in sexual violence towards girls and women of their own community. This explains the observation made by social scientists such as Joseph Heinrich et al and William H Tucker (“Marriage and Civilization: how monogamy made us human”) that polygynous societies are by their very nature belligerent and sexually violent. | Generally polygyny is practiced by men of the social elite. These men take possession of an inequitable share of the community’s women. This results in a scarcity of females at the bottom of society, which creates a sexual, affective and marital famine which low-status men have traditionally solved by capturing females from neighbouring tribes, or by engaging in sexual violence towards girls and women of their own community. This explains the observation made by social scientists such as Joseph Heinrich et al and William H Tucker (“Marriage and Civilization: how monogamy made us human”) that polygynous societies are by their very nature belligerent and sexually violent. | ||
Islam | Islam protects girls and women from this sexual violence with Chastity Assurance measures. These include gender segregation, veiling, chaperoning, honour culture, arranged marriages, and FGM. All these measures segregate women from young men. | ||
This establishes a positive feedback loop: Islamic polygyny deprives poor young men of sexual or affective hope; this generates desperation and sexual violence; from which Islam protects girls and women by further isolating them. | This establishes a positive feedback loop: Islamic polygyny deprives poor young men of sexual or affective hope; this generates desperation and sexual violence; from which Islam protects girls and women by further isolating them. | ||