There are growing movements in the West that are calling for female genital mutilation to be eradicated. While that is good, they are doomed to failure. Why? Because they refuse to address the Islamic justifications of the practice, and even deny that they exist.
FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “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
Unless and until its Islamic justifications, which everyone seems to want to cover up and deny, are addressed, FGM will never be eradicated. Anti-FGM movements will tell Muslim women (and men) about the health risks of FGM, and about how barbaric it is to work to deny women sexual pleasure and try to control them, and none of it will stop FGM. All that will wash over believers and what will be left will be the fact that it is justified in Islam — and that is the one thing the anti-FGM campaigners refuse to address. So they will, unfortunately, never succeed.
“30 Per Cent of Young Girls in Paris’s Troubled Suburbs Face FGM Threat,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, February 13, 2018:
The threat of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis area in the suburbs of Paris could affect as many as 30 per cent of the children in the area, according to a French sociologist.
French sociologist and director of the Group for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilation (GAMS), Isabelle Gillette-Faye has claimed that the prevalence of FGM in the suburbs of Paris, often referred to as no-go areas, in the Île-de-France region are concerning.
Gillette-Faye said that the practice often involved much older children than in other regions of the world where FGM occurs in an interview with the region’s official website.
“In general, they undergo mutilations of type 2, that is to say, the removal of the clitoris and labia minora,” Gillette-Faye said.
The sociologist added that in France many victims are forced to go overseas to have the operation, often before they are forced into marriages.
In order to combat the spread of FGM, Gillette-Faye and her group GAMS, have been able to train medical practitioners and social workers to identify cases and work with authorities.
“We will be relieved when we have left circumcision two to three generations behind us. Families living in France are often resistant, as social and traditional pressures are very strong, and it is often the family remaining in the [original] country that decides.”
FGM has become a recognised issue across the Western world in recent years as the number of cases has exploded. In the UK, the number of cases is so high that last year a case was discovered or treated every hour….
MFritz says
The problem is, at this stage French authorities cannot push this issue on a large scale without risking riots. Enforcing the law e.a. by arresting the responsible “doctors” will require the army to keep the situation in the “banlieues” from exploding.
And we will see more and more how those organisations fighting fgm – and their members – will come under threats, violence and political pressure from the “other” side.
mortimer says
FGM is a prime example, one of the BEST of examples of how Islam is INCOMPATIBLE with modernity. Neo-Marxist Leftards scrupulously AVOID all the facts about Islam’s backwardness, but they cannot entirely avoid this one, because MUTILATING a woman for a misogynistic reason is TOO MUCH even for the Leftards, half of whom are women.
However, the Leftards are not willing to PROSECUTE those who mutilate girls. These girls are SACRIFICED on the altar of the RED-GREEN AXIS of evil.
The Leftards feel no concern WHATSOEVER about the persecution by Islam of gay people. They couldn’t care less if Iran hangs gay people with cranes or if ISIS throws them from the 15th floor.
Gay leaders are out-and-out neo-Marxists to the point of being in a continual dreamland fueled by ideology and drugs.
Andy says
Macron Vows to Reform Islam in France
“It is time to bring in a new generation.”
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11893/france-islam-reform
LeftisruiningCanada says
He wants to bring in even more?
J D S says
Islam itself …that is, the ordinances in Islam causes friction…FGM is just one issue…Why not go all the way and address Slavery, rape, murder, forced conversion, fear of and the consequences of leaving and on and on I could go…outlaw such a so called religion by PASSING LAWS. Islam is not and never could be called a religion…Is that so hard to understand? Why are those in authority so dumb..???
simpleton1 says
In the mean time the number of practicing Doctors, nurses, social welfare, etc. and then the police, judiciary etc. will be run by muslims any way, as their power spreads and increases.
All the ones captivated by “political science” humanities, sociology, feminism, gender studies etc. that spreads more ‘political correctness’ ‘diversity’ ‘multicultural’ ‘safe places’ ‘trigger warnings’ etc.will keep their heads bowed down and eyes averted.
The police and army will have “rules of engagement” that will also allow eyes to be averted, and nothing will be seen, or effectively done.
Well things will be done to any one that complains or makes a fuss.
Yet we must keep at it, recording, photos, video’s., taking notes, producing evidence, etc
We must do all we can to keep “free speech” to joke, cartoon, poems, songs, bill boards, books, pictures, copies., etc. to keep our freedoms. Support each other, where ever we can, even if only in small ways.
Thanks to Robert Spencer for bringing knowledge, irrefutable truth, with love, to be spread loudly to the wide world.
mortimer says
The neo-Marxists will scold their allies, but they refuse to rock the boat on this axis of convenience, because the Left has NO OTHER ALLIES! Leftards are people who avoid learning about the FAILURES of Marxism, because they would be forced to admit that Marxism is catastrophic … they will not even discuss Venezuela’s failure, for instance.
Older Canadian says
In France and in Canada.
FGM was called a “barbaric cultural practice” in the new immigrant guide by the former conservative party and stated it was not tolerated by Canadian Law.
But our new Liberal PM Justin Trudeau, voted in 2015, thought that the terminology was insulting to new immigrants.
So to rectify that…..he appointed a new person to replace the former Minister of Immigration and Citizenship in January 2017. That new minister immigrated to Canada when he was 18 years old from Somalia. Now FGM is deleted from the new immigration guide. One would wonder if this new minister has any biases considering he basically grew up in a country that is 99% muslim, he is a muslim and 98% of all females in that country have suffered FGM.
What is interesting is that Trudeau, our canadian PM, calls himself a feminist and is currently running around the world trying to do trade deals and insisting equal representation for females. I quess our PM thinks the physical and mental contribution of women to make them equal should only be in the monetary sense only.
I really detest these globalist elites who will not stop until we are all……..
MikeParks says
And in America, the crickets are chirping away, while Macy’s is getting their hijab fashion line ready for sale.
Bob Carrillo says
Ah yes… The enlightened society at work..
Justification for child rape/and child marriage, “the Book”, is at the top of their list as well..
Ray Jarman says
One way to remedy the family taking a girl out of the country of residence, i.e., France, US, Canada, etc., is to have a doctor signed affidavit stating that the young lady has not undergone any form of FGM, to include what the muslims call female circumcision, and have it annotated on their passport. Upon return, a doctor (not muslim) would ensure that the young lady had not undergone such butchery. If it had taken place, the parents would be imprisoned if they were natural born citizens and if they were non-citizens or had acquired citizenship, it would be revoked and the parents would be returned to their country of origin. This would have to codified into law to prevent some judge from siding with the parents.
Freedom of religion does not mean that a person is permitted to break a law such as FGM or jihad.
LeftisruiningCanada says
Legal solutions are a plenty, yours being a sound one.
It’s shame that such things are unthinkable in politics at the moment. Can we imagine the media explosion if something like this was suggested?!
Ray Jarman says
Good Buddy, I don’t know about Canadian law but for an American to travel abroad for the purpose of circumventing the law is not permitted and is punishable under federal statute. I have witnessed men traveling to places like San Jose and Bangkok where a man can take advantage of under aged girls and be charged for do so upon their return. I don’t think that it would be too much of a stretch to see a set of rules enacted to prevent a young lady from being mutilated as the act itself is punishable.
LeftisruiningCanada says
You’re right of course….but the way our brave returning ‘terror tourists’ are being given the red carpet makes me think that a simple bit of female butchery isn’t going to upset anyone in office.
Walter Sieruk says
Now this Islamic evil has spread to France. Further on the subject of the cruel, brutal and vicious Islamic tradition of female butchery which some Muslims so inappropriately call “female circumcision.” This heinous Islamic custom of misogyny has been exposed in the book by Brigitte Gabriel which is entitled THEY MUST BE STOPPED. For on page 178 it reveals to the reader that “One of the most devastating practices to young girls of the Islamic world is female genital mutilation. Young girls have their clitoris removed without anesthesia…”
Indeed, they must be stopped !
sidney penny says
“All that will wash over believers and what will be left will be the fact that it is justified in Islam — and that is the one thing the anti-FGM campaigners refuse to address. So they will, unfortunately, never succeed.”
Robert, you keep hitting the nail on the head.
‘What would be the best way for anti-FGM campaigners to address the problem, given that it the problem is justified in Islam?
A difficult task for anti-FGM campaigners?
sidney penny says
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/02/11/irish-muslim-leader-backs-female-genital-mutilation/
“In Indonesia, the world’s most populous Mulsim-majority country, girls are mutilated en masse in large annual ceremonies, and the Indonesian Ulema Council — the country’s highest Islamic clerical authority — has strongly opposed efforts to ban them.”
A difficult task for anti-FGM campaigners when the Ulema Council says in effect that you are not a Muslim or you are not following Islam if you do not do FGM?
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
No, Mr Spencer, Fgm is not mandatory even according to that weak Hadith sanctioning female çircumcision(not Fgm). It is mandatory for male only to remove that hard foreskin.
LeftisruiningCanada says
https://islamqa.info/en/60314
Can you even read your own material, Ibrahim?
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Leftruinigcanada, the scholar you refered to have forgotten that classical juristic interpretations are subject to review to suit emerging circumstances.That weak Hadith sanctioning female circumcision contradicts Quranic injunctions that man and woman should have maximum enjoyment. If medical science Proves that Fgm reduces enjoyment for women, It should not be allowed
LeftisruiningCanada says
Something for which you offer no support (as usual).
Glad you’re here Ibrahim, since you seem to know islam better than every other muslim in the world.
I doubt you ever clicked the link i gave you.