The muftis of Dagestan issued a fatwa in which they explained what is meant by female circumcision and what manipulations associated with this are prohibited. The muftiate recalled that recently a video appeared on the Internet in which the wrong answer to this question was given.
Reportedly on the website of the muftiate, this operation does not imply the removal of the clitoris, large and small labia, as well as infibulation – an operation that creates obstacles to sexual intercourse. Moreover, it is unacceptable to attribute these procedures to Islam, theologians emphasize, “because the prophet said:” Do not harm yourself and others. “
By female circumcision, theologians mean the removal of a small part of the clitoral hood (hudectomy). This is done in individual cases.
Earlier about FGM earlier the Orthodox priest spoke… Metropolitan Hilarion, Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” called this practice “a barbaric relic of the past.”
This topic was widely discussed in 2016. Then the chairman of the spiritual administration of Muslims of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Ismail Berdiev explained that the circumcision of women contrary to sharia law… Other religious leaders explained that this procedure is not prohibited by Islam, but is done only by the decision of the woman herself, without coercion.
FGM for religious reasons is practiced in dozens of countries around the world, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. Doctors, scientists and various international organizations condemn this practice, calling the operation crippling.
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