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"The female body is then covered, closed, and its productive blood bound within; the male body is unveiled, opened, and exposed." [123] In communities where infibulation is common, there is a preference for women's genitals to be smooth, dry and without odour, and both women and men may find the natural vulva repulsive. [124]
According to Sayyid Sabiq, the author of Fiqh-us-Sunnah, all hadiths concerning female circumcision are non-authentic. [52] Senior Muslim religious authorities agree that FGM is neither required nor prohibited by Islam. [13] The Quran does not mention FGM or male circumcision.
During a 2014 survey in Sudan, over 80 percent of those who had experienced any form of FGM had been sewn closed. [6] The procedure leaves a wall of skin and flesh across the vagina and the rest of the pubic area. By inserting a twig or similar object before the wound heals, a small hole is created for the passage of urine and menstrual blood ...
According to Shafi‘i and Hanbali jurists male circumcision is obligatory for Muslims, [70] [71] while Hanafi jurists consider circumcision to be recommendable. [70] Some Salafis have argued that circumcision is required in Islam to provide ritual cleanliness based on the covenant with Abraham. [74]
Map showing the % of women and girls aged 15–49 years (unless otherwise stated) who have undergone FGM/C according to the March 2020 Global Response report [1]. Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC), female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, [2] is practiced in 30 countries in western, eastern, and north-eastern Africa, [3] in ...
Activists argue that female genital mutilation should be a felony, not a misdemeanor. The U.N. General Assembly has called for a global ban on the practice. 17-year-old dies during female circumcision
Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting (FGC), female circumcision, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), refers to "all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other surgery of the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali [a] (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somalian-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. [5]