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= Islam and Female Genital Mutilation = | =Islam and Female Genital Mutilation= | ||
introduction | introduction | ||
== The Data == | ==The Data== | ||
UNICEF 2016 | UNICEF 2016 | ||
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Non-Muslims who practice FGM | Non-Muslims who practice FGM | ||
== Why Muslims practice FGM - The Two Hypotheses == | ==Why Muslims practice FGM - The Two Hypotheses== | ||
- because Muhammad approved of it | |||
- because Islamic doctrine creates/created social conditions that make it useful or necessary | |||
=== | ==The Origins and Causes of FGM== | ||
intro | |||
=== Problems with Gerry Mackie's 'Convention Hypothesis' === | ===Gerry Mackie's 'Convention Hypothesis'=== | ||
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===Problems with Gerry Mackie's 'Convention Hypothesis'=== | |||
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== FGM as a Solution to Problems Caused by Islamic Doctrine == | ==FGM as a Solution to Problems Caused by Islamic Doctrine== | ||
intro | |||
===Polygyny and its consequences=== | |||
Mackie - plus corrections and extensions | |||
=== Child Marriage === | |||
polygyny gives rise to child marriage, drives down age of FGM | |||
=== Mahr (Islamic Brideprice) === | |||
putting financial value on perceived chastity of girls and women... | |||
=== The Polygynous Family === | |||
less emotional investment in children, esp girls, more financial investment at stake | |||
=== The Cultural Congruence === | |||
other brutal practices relativise and make acceptable violenc of FGM (MGM, halal slaughter, wife beating, violence of Qur'an, jihad...) | |||
== | == FGM and the uses of Trauma == | ||
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