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    Posted: 29 September 2005 at 5:12pm
First post, here goes.

What is the consensus on FMG ?
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Points: 6641 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 4:45am
What is FMG ?
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Points: 31 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 8:06am
Woops, a type-o.

I meant FGM, female genital mutilation.

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Francis Begbie.
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Points: 215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 8:49am
no such thing in Islam.
i'm a female muslim & 100% pretty sure FGM never happened to me & friends here.
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Points: 1647 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 9:04am
FGM is a cultural practice in some African countries. It has nothing to do with Islam, though much of such practices are fueled on the name of religion, be it Islam for Muslims or Christianity for Christians of that culture.

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Points: 31 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 10:50am
Hmmm, there seems to be a difference of opinion here;

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

whoever finds it serving the interest of his daughters should do it, and I personally support this under the current circumstances in the modern world. But whoever chooses not to do it is not considered to have committed a sin for it is mainly meant to dignify women as held by scholars.


Islamic rule on female circuncision (FGM)


How would this "dignify women" I wonder ?

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Points: 1158 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 1:46pm

I am afraid you are mixed up in your understanding of FGM as compared to female circumcision.  The later is a small cut in the hood of the clitoris, the former is much more and completely forbidden in Islam.  Anything more than a small cut is not circumcision at all, but mutilation.  I do hope this clears up the misunderstanding.

Just to be clear, female circumcision is not obligatory in Islam.
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Points: 31 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 September 2005 at 2:11pm
I don't believe I am mixed up or misunderstanding anything.

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