The feminists who hail Linda Sarsour don’t know it, but she is not telling the truth here. In reality, this repulsive practice is justified in Islamic texts.
“Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — ‘Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark Durie, The Third Choice, p. 64
Why is it obligatory? Because Muhammad is held to have said so: “Abu al- Malih ibn Usama’s father relates that the Prophet said: ‘Circumcision is a law for men and a preservation of honour for women.’” — Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75
“Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her: ‘Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.’” — Abu Dawud 41:5251
“Do not cut severely,” but not “Do not cut.”
That’s why it is so common around the world. A Muslim cleric in Russia said that “all women should be circumcised.” A Muslim cleric in India likewise urged that it be done. A Muslim cleric in Australia said that Islamic law permitted the practice. A leading U.S. Muslim jurist from the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) said it was an “honor” in Islam. A marabout — a Muslim holy man — was arrested in France for having it done on his daughters.
Why do these Muslim clerics and ascetics misunderstand what is so clear to Linda Sarsour? In the UK, there were 5,500 cases of FGM in 2016 alone. It is commonly claimed to be an East African problem, but 93% of Muslim women in Malaysia have suffered this procedure, and it is common in Indonesia.
It is certain to become increasingly common in the United States.

More Ham Ed says
Linda sorry-sour.
Lilythewise says
Remove all Muslims from Western lands. Islam is incompatible with our way of life.
Rob says
Sarsour is the US equivalent of Mo Ansar. Mo is a British chancer and opportunist, who the left-leaning media have seized on to give ‘balance’ to their coverage.
Douglas Murray skewers Mo in this sound clip. His comments could equally apply to Sarsour.
Eigil the realist says
This… Can anyone account for the countless amount of girls who have bled to death or other side effects by this moronic practice in the name of some religion?! Didn’t think so, I’m sure this woman knows naught about it either. I don’t think the cultures who adopted the practice hundreds of years before the Islamic tribes emerged had disinfected tools and the like either.
gravenimage says
Linda Sarsour is a Muslim apologist. She knows all about the savagery of Islam, and still whitewashes it for the Infidels.
Messianic Fuzz says
Another lying coward. Go figure.
Georg says
“barbaric”, eh?
Well, guess how Ayaan Hirsi Ali feels about it.*
*fun fact: Linda Sarsour tweeted about wanting to remove Ali’s vagina. And according to prevailing opinion, Sarsour’s a laudable feminist and we’re racist kooks.
Ren says
Everybody knows Linda Sarsour is a fraud. She will say anything to advance islam in the US. Here’s what she said on sharia: “If you are still paying interest than Sharia Law hasn’t taken over America.” #justsaying
Linda Sarsour is a “first class” deceiver.
Gen Jones says
She sours the name of Brooklyn with her “home girl in a hijab” persona who somehow still manages to identify as Palestinian. Also as woman in an arranged marriage and avocate of sharia why is she considered a feminist?
David Kilgore says
Because Feminists are no longer about women’s rights. They are about a left agenda including open borders. The feminists have aligned themselves with a religion that is more oppressive of women than any other in history. Sarsour lies about her religion because she is a good Muslim and she is REQUIRED by Sharia Law to protect and defend her religion by lying to promote or defend Islam. The practice is called “Taqiyya” and everyone should learn what it means and understand that you should always be skeptical about believing anyone who practices Sharia Law!
gravenimage says
What an evil b*tch saying that about the brave Ayaan Hirsi Ali. How repulsive.
Monty says
As always there is the vast smokescreen around this practice. The Koran is utterly confusing. It’s a kind of “What does it mean?” “What do you want it to mean?” situation. The reality in experience is what matters. FGM is practiced by Muslims. Not all, but enough, just as not all are suicide bombers, but more than enough. Surely people are smart enough to see through these deceptions? Oh, bummer. I guess not.
duh swami says
Is Linda inferring Mohammad was a liar? r that his sunnah is no good? That’s a form of blasphemy, isn’t it?
Jeanette says
But she’s allowed to tell any lie to any infidel – Taqiyya.
gravenimage says
Good question, Swami.
Matthieu Baudin says
“… The feminists who hail Linda Sarsour don’t know it, but she is not telling the truth here. In reality, this repulsive practice is justified in Islamic texts…”
Traditional Islam is a vast sea of cultural backwardness that has kept many violent, oppressive and anti social traditions alive; practices that have fallen away and disappeared in more humane and civilised communities. Clitoral removal, cutting and sewing up of the Labia Minora, the virtual imprisonment of wives in the family home and the ongoing trade in slaves are all haunting inhuman practices from the past that Traditional Islam in its Dominant/Submission obsession has kept alive through the centuries and kept out of view by the likes of Linda Sarsour and other apologists.
Karen says
Most Western-based apologists of Islam assert that while Islam allows slavery, its intent was always to encourage the practice to die out over time. Virtually every expert and website I’ve seen repeats this claim almost word for word. And yet, centuries later, slavery still exists in part of the Islamic world, and may in fact be resurgent in areas controlled by ISIS. So what exactly is Islam’s position on slavery? Since it is fairly well known that Mohammad has slaves, and since the protection of his reputation is the duty of all Muslims, then you will never hear an unambiguous denunciation of the practice, allowing it to live on. Far fewer people know anything about FGM, and Sharia’s demands for it, so Ms. Sarsour can simply deny that it exists in Islamic law, thus both protecting Mohammad from embarrassment, and allowing the practice to expand.
gravenimage says
Yes–of course this is bs. Slavery has been abolished in the West and most other parts of the world–it is only in Dar-al-Islam where it is being revived.
Moreover, slavery is practiced here *on Islamic grounds*.
The foul “Prophet” was a slave owner, slave trader, raper of sex slaves, and he pressed free people into slavery–and he is considered a model for all time by Muslims.
Karen says
Yes! The most emboldened Islamists will proudly cite Shari’a as their justification.
The taqiyya experts will carefully parse their words, making them palatable for Western tastes and Leftist allies, even framing Islam as the champion of freedom-yearning slaves everywhere, LOL.
I tend to be skeptical of anything that needs as much explaining as Shari’a needs, and I hope other people are too. Actually, I fear and loathe it.
utis says
Pop quiz: Of the people who practice FGM, what percent are muslim? If islam and FGM are not correlated, why has it spread to the islamic world (like Indonesia) like the hijab, since the post 9/11 islamist outbreak?
dumbledoresarmy says
Good questions.
The spread to Indonesia – where mutilation of the female genitals was NOT a cultural practice, prior to the arrival fo Islam – is accounted for by the fact that the Muslims who brought Islam to Indonesia were adherents of the Shafiite school of Sharia, which is the school most favourable toward FGM (though NOT ONE of the four Sunni Muslim strands of sharia, though well aware of the practice, says a word AGAINST it, and historically, no Islamic society where it *was* practised pre-islam, seems to have made even the smallest effort to stamp it out; whereas, as we all see, there are plenty of *other* cultural practices, in lands where Islam has become dominant, that *are* attacked and stamped out. So if it WASN’T got rid of, then one can only assume it was not seen as anything particularly bad… unlike drinking wine, keeping pet dogs, painting pictures, etc).
Demsci says
exactly. and why was it never opposed in any way, let alone effective way, by Islamic scholars/ leaders?
We can taunt’ So, Muslims; of necessity you claim Allah intervened in human history, through Mohammed. But to what beneficial end? To be precise, a beneficial end for humanity, as opposed to only beneficial ends for both Allah and Mohammed, and Islamic leaders? So, in the end what was it worth that Allah intervened? Clearly Islam did not prevent or stop the hideous FGM. So, what DID Islam prevent that is bad for humanity and what DID Islam do to enhance the fate of humans?
Jeanette says
Islam was invented for the benefit of penises attached to Muslim men.
Period.
Dennis says
It may not be an Islamic practice but when I lived in Egypt several years ago, during the Mubarak government, most girls went through it. There were a lot of young Muslim men making money as male prostitutes and hustlers as well. Also lots of secret drinking. Tell that to Linda S. I forgot to mention, these boys appeared very self-righteous to other Egyptian Muslims . When I talked about Israel they were definitely anti-Jewish but didn’t know why. Also they didn’t know that Egypt has a peace treaty with Israel!
Gen Jones says
Yup. An older relative in the merchant marine with little regard for politesse would describe different cities he’d visit and say of Egypt, that’s where they’d touch your bottom. Apparently men in uniform on leave would be rather aggressively solicited.
David E Brown says
Sarsour is practicing Taqaya. Look it up, it is under the heading ” you can lie for Islam”
Denny Lee Penticoff says
Maybe the Al-Taqiyya Queen. Linda Sarsour, knows nothing about FGM because she is a male posing as a woman. She certainly looks it.
Jeanette says
She’s probably lying. She’s probably been mutilated herself.
We should demand the results of an examination by a non-Muslim physician.
Gen Jones says
Born in Brooklyn, probably not. She just wants all the benefits of Islamic victimization with none of the real hardships. Her husband supposedly works in a deli and has given her “permission” to go out and spread the truth to the gullible masses.
gravenimage says
True, Gen.
Don Foss says
We all know, especially Muslims, that taqiyya is practiced not for the informed infidel, but the uninformed infidel.
Doc says
Taqyyia, muslims always try and circle talk until you think you mis-understood and their doctrine is not sick or barbaric. So easy to see through the crap of Islam.
Jeanette says
I’ve heard people who approved of Nazis do the same thing.
Funny how evil knows itself, and doesn’t want to admit what it is.
Samuel Fistel says
Circumcision: Judaism vs. Christianity vs. Islam: Both Christianity and Islam claim that they are the “true form of Judaism”. So each one had to formulate how they were superior to Judaism. Christianity came first. It chose to make Judaism “ridiculously simple” by eliminating all Jewish laws, especially male circumcision. The came Muhammad. He was taught Judaism by the rabbis then living in Arabia (and when they were finished he killed them). From his studies with the rabbis, Muhammad created a primitive and savage form of Judaism. But when it came to religious practices, he chose that he would “out-Jew the Jews” by praying and fasting more frequently than the Jews did. And in regards to circumcision, he said that “if the Jews only circumcise the men, then I will circumcise both the men and the women”.
ibrahim itace muhammed says
RObert spencer,you are a merchant of lies,yet you want. call others as. liars to sell your filthy christianity and serve evil. jews.the issue is whether female genitaal mutilation is mandatory like male circumcision.according to majority jurists it is not encouraged,especially if it will reduce sexual satisfaction for a woman in marital relationship.where it affects health condition of a woman it is prohibited as contained in the same hadith mr spencer refered.the juristic controversy stemed from the objective of sex relation between husband and wife stated in the Quran that husband and wife should have maximum sexual enjoyment to build love and mercy beween them.the holy prophet muhammad explained this in another hadith that a partner shall not terminate sex activity until the partner releases and is also satisfied.female genital mutilation now being practice by some communities reduces sexual enjoyment encourages in the Quran and the. fatwa of contemporary is that it shall not be. allowed.then where has this woman went wrong for ignorant mr Spencer to accuse her of lie.He the real liar who assume the position of an expert on Islam without knowledge as mischiefmaker.
Verity Pink says
Just seen an article about a woman who was healed after undergoing FGM
Muslim Radicals Who Subjected Teen to Female Genital Mutilation Ask for Forgiveness, Embrace Christianity
By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT ( [email protected] ) Feb 13, 2017 12:14 PM EST
Muslims radicals responsible for performing the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a 14-year-old Christian girl have asked for forgiveness and embraced the faith they once hated, a new report has revealed.
Over the weekend, Muslims in West Africa arrived at the house of Yoonus, a missionary with Bibles for Mideast, and explained that since they kidnapped and mutilated his teenage daughter, Lydia, they had experienced a series of bizarre incidents.
They revealed that all the women who had been involved in the procedure seemed to have gone mad, shrieking and seeing blood everywhere. In turn, the men who took part in the incident suffered nightmares, lack of sleep and extreme anxiety.
Convinced that God’s anger was at the source of the trouble in their homes, the Muslims invited the imam of the local mosque to come to their houses and pray for healing (shifa). However, nothing worked.
When they finally decided they must visit Lydia and Yoonus to ask their forgiveness, the imam and community leaders advised against it. In desperation, the men went anyway, and begged Yoonus to pray over them and give them peace of mind.
The missionary explained that forgiveness from God alone would heal their hearts and homes, and urged the Muslims to confess their sins before Him.
“You will be saved and you will also be healed if you accept Him as your saviour and Lord,” Yoonus said.
The Muslims listened quietly and intently as he told his own story of coming to Christ, and then confessed their sins before Jesus and accepted Him as saviour and Lord.
Lydia also shared her remarkable experience of healing with her persecutors and prayed over them, allowing them to leave in peace. The report notes that the imam and the community aren’t pleased with the conversions and asks believers worldwide to pray for the Lord’s mighty protection over the new believers.
As reported, Lydia was walking home from school in West Africa when the Muslims captured her and violently circumcised her. Following the mutilation, they abandoned her, leaving her bleeding and screaming in agony.
After spending several days in the hospital, fighting for her life, the young girl was confirmed dead by doctors.
However, in a miraculous turn of events, Lydia was brought back to life: “My soul left my body and I was dead,” she explained. “Angels came to receive me to heaven. But Jesus appeared before me and said, ‘I cannot turn back from the prayers of my children. My eyes are upon my children and ears are open to their prayer. So I give you your life back, for the issues of death belong to me. You go, and be my witness.’ Then he put his face right against and right into mine. He breathed into my nostrils, and my soul went in. Then he moved his nail-scarred hands over my body and healed me completely!”
gravenimage says
Vicious Muslim apologist ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
RObert spencer,you (sic) are a merchant of lies,yet (sic) you want. call (sic) others as. (sic) liars to sell your filthy christianity (sic) and serve evil. jews (sic).
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How is opposing the savagery of FGM a “lie”?
More:
the issue is whether female genitaal mutilation is mandatory like male circumcision.according to majority jurists it is not encouraged,
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FGM is *not* discouraged in Islam. Of the four schools of Sunni Islamic Jurisprudence, the Shafi’i school considers female circumcision to be wajib (obligatory), the Hanbali school considers female circumcision to be makrumah (honorable) and strongly encouraged, to obligatory, the Maliki school considers female circumcision to be sunnah (preferred), as does the Hanafi school.
None of these schools prohibits FGM.
More:
especially if it will reduce sexual satisfaction for a woman in marital relationship.where (sic) it affects health condition of a woman it is prohibited as contained in the same hadith (sic) mr spencer (sic) refered (sic).
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Considering Islam allows not just the removal of the victim’s clitoris, but her labia and the sewing shut of her vagina, the idea of concern over a woman’s health is pretty tenuous.
More:
the (sic) juristic controversy stemed (sic) from the objective of sex relation between husband and wife stated in the Quran that husband and wife should have maximum sexual enjoyment to build love and mercy beween (sic) them.
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Where in the Qur’an does it say *anything* like this? The Qur’an sacralizes wife beating and says a wife must submit to her husband’s demands for sex at any time–where does it say anything about a woman experiencing sexual enjoyment?
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the (sic) holy prophet muhammad (sic) explained this in another hadith (sic) that a partner shall not terminate sex activity until the partner releases and is also satisfied.
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Uh huh–given the fact that the vicious “Prophet” Muhammed raped sex slaves, captives, and a nine-year-old child, this is seems *highly unlikely*. Citations, please.
More:
female (sic) genital mutilation now being practice by some communities reduces sexual enjoyment encourages (sic) in the Quran and the. fatwa (sic) of contemporary is that it shall not be (sic). allowed (sic).
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What *absolute crap*. Many Fatwas have been *in favor* of mutilating women, including from the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar–the seat of orthodox Sunni learning. This Fatwa called mutilating girls “a duty”.
Shaykh Gad al-Haq Ali–also of al-Azhar–issued a fatwa that female circumcision is a part of the legal body of Islam and is a laudable practice that “honors women”.
Shaykh Nasr Farid Wasil, Grand Mufti of Egypt, also issued a Fatwa saying FGM should be allowed.
More:
then (sic) where has this woman went (sic) wrong for ignorant mr (sic) Spencer to accuse her of lie.
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That is because Linda Sarsour *is* lying–as she does so often to whitewash Islam.
More:
He the real liar who assume the position of an expert on Islam without knowledge as mischiefmaker (sic).
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If ibrahim itace muhammed does not like Robert Spencer to expose these facts about Islam, then how about learned Islamic scholars? Besides the scholars of Al Azhar, Shia Imam Al-Sadiq, stated, “circumcision is makrumah for women”. (Makrumah is translates as “meritorious action or noble deed”.
The Ayatollah Khamenei issued a ruling for Shiite Muslims in Iran, in 2011, declaring FGM as permissible but not obligatory. He also ruled that if the husband of a Muslim woman wants her to get circumcised then, “the implementation of husband’s order is obligatory for the wife if it does not have disadvantages or it is not harmful for the wife, she has to listen to her husband’s request.”
Here are a few more:
“Muslim cleric urges female genital mutilation”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/05/muslim-cleric-urges-female-genital-mutilation
“Australia: Muslim cleric says, ‘Islamic law permits by definition, by prophetic statement and by practice female circumcision’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/12/australia-muslim-cleric-says-islamic-law-permits-by-definition-by-prophetic-statement-and-by-practic
There are, of course, many more.
If ibrahim itace muhammed *really* had a problem with his pious coreligionists mutilating girls, he would take it up with them, instead of spouting Taqiyya at the good Infidels of Jihad Watch.
Linnte says
As ALWAYS Gravenimage, well said! Hope you are well.
gravenimage says
Pro-Sharia Leftist heroine Linda Sarsour falsely claims female genital mutilation “NOT an Islamic practice”
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What a load of bs. Muslim clerics regularly defend FGM on Islamic grounds.
Linnte says
Slowly but surely the truth about Islam is finding its way to the public. Thank God! FGM is probably the most barbaric act of all Islam. Millions of women mutilated because of jealousy on the part of their potential husband’s. Sick ISLAM!