The doctors in Michigan who have been charged with performing FGM are members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. Before their arrests, the establishment media routinely used to characterize female genital mutilation as an East African cultural practice. Now we see attempts to portray it as being practiced exclusively by members of the Dawoodi Bohra sect. In reality, it is practiced in various places all over the Islamic world, because it is sanctioned by 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
And it is widespread in 30 Muslim countries.
“‘Heartwrenching’ study shows FGM prevalent among India’s Bohra sect,” by Emma Batha, Reuters, February 5, 2018:
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three quarters of women among India’s Dawoodi Bohra sect have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a study published on Monday which comes just weeks after government officials said there was no data to support its existence.
Campaigners hope the survey – the largest of its kind – will bolster calls for a law to ban the secretive ritual which they say causes physical, emotional and sexual harm.
One mother told how she feared her daughter would bleed to death after she was cut. A third of women believed the procedure had damaged their sex lives. Others spoke of emotional trauma.
Traditional circumcisers told researchers they had cut thousands of girls….
The Dawoodi Bohra, a Shi‘ite Muslim sect thought to number up to 2 million worldwide, considers the ritual, known as khafd, a religious obligation although it is not mentioned in the Koran.
The procedure, which entails cutting the clitoral hood, is performed around the age of seven.
India’s Supreme Court is considering a petition to ban FGM. Campaigners were shocked in December when the women’s ministry told the court there was no official data or study supporting its existence.
FGM is more commonly linked to a swathe of African countries where cutters may remove all external genitalia….
Ranalvi said khafd was rooted in beliefs a woman’s sexual desire must be curbed, but it was “mired in secrecy” and few women dared speak out for fear of ostracisation [sic]….
mortimer says
Cutting out the clitoris is obligatory in Islam:
e4.3 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 clitoris (this is called Hufaad)
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law
FGM is called “A preservation of honor for women”
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.”
A Modern FATWA requiring FGM:
Fuqaha’ of Islam are agreed that it is prescribed, not an inherited custom[edit]
Firstly: Circumcision is not an inherited custom as some people claim, rather it is prescribed in Islam and the scholars are unanimously agreed that it is prescribed. Not a single Muslim scholar – as far as we know – has said that circumcision is not prescribed.
Circumcision of girls and some doctors’ criticism thereof (Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 60314)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS : “no health benefits … only harm”
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/
• The procedure has no health benefits for girls and women.
• Procedures can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
• More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated1.
• FGM is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15.
• FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
CRUSADER says
In “Third Choice” by Mark Durie the matter of FGM becomes quite a muddled yet also prominent feature in Islam, with public debate of the issue rising, and hopefully instigating public condemnation as the matter increases skepticism and scrutiny about the relevance of Islam’s practice. Problematic is how “perfect” the religious ideology is supposed to be…..therefore how can it become amended? Particularly when any major criticism is met with censure and also violence….
Public knowledge about Islam is being whitewashed by globalist commercial interests, it seems:
Super Bowl had 8 or 9 tv commercials representing Islam, thereby showing Muslims to make them appear part of the normal scene, thus having them more accepted in wider society. The “Blacture” social ad even had what appeared to be a partial CAIR logo on the stage of the performer who faces an empty audience….
This rise of Muslim influence in the media is a pattern which jibes with how Islamists orchestrate and infiltrate social settings, as their demographics grow accordingly. All part of that 2%-5% range of populations in the West, growing more visible and being heard more loudly, gaining footholds, as the dhimmitude affords this to occur, with a welcome mat…. Acceptance leads to willing suicide by the West.
Jayell says
“Public knowledge about Islam is being whitewashed by globalist commercial interests….”
Which globalist commercial interests exactly, and can we identify persons who are putting this spurious propaganda into effect? Then these elements should be confronted.
gravenimage says
I saw two of these Islamophilic Super Bowl commercials–for Toyota and Coke–that whitewash Islam and present shiny fantasy Muslims. Just insane.
Sharyati says
“Ranalvi said khafd was rooted in beliefs a woman’s sexual desire must be curbed, but it was “mired in secrecy” and few women dared speak out for fear of ostracisation ”
What an unhealthy opinion on sex!!!Why is a women’s desire evil, while a man’s desire is sacrosanct that he can have 4 wives and in addition, Milk Al-Yamin(Sex slaves) too? If one reads the Kama sutra,many sexual positions are described, some that would give woman the pleasure and some of them would please the man. The absence of a female god principle and an exclusive male only god seems to have a very deleterious effect on the Muslim mind and makes sex unholy. Whereas in Hinduism in the path of Tantra, sex is used as one of the ways of reaching the divine. Both the partners desire are considered valid and are considered complimenting each other. What a disgusting tribal religion!!!
MFritz says
It happens there, it happens here, it will happen to our women too, if we don’t WAKE UP.
PRCS says
“Respondents to the survey said Bohra girls from diaspora communities were now traveling to India to be cut.”
Little girls don’t just “travel” to India to be cut.
They are taken, or sent there, by family member for that purpose.
All cultures are equal, you know.
LeftisruiningCanada says
“All cultures are equal, you know.”
HA!
and again
HA!
Cultural Relativists = Metaphorical Basement Dwellers.
gravenimage says
Very true, PRCS.
Westman says
An unloved baby factory, deprived of orgasm, deprived of children in divorce, half-valued, and shrouded in a depression-black flexible cage; the ultimate in orthodox achievements for Muslim women.
LeftisruiningCanada says
yep.
Well Put.
gravenimage says
Grimly spot on, Westman.
Elisha says
God told us about these people a LONG time ago …
“Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. HE WILL SHOW NO REGARD for the gods of his fathers or FOR THE DESIRE OF WOMEN, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all. But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures. He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.” – Daniel 11:36-39
God bless.
LeftisruiningCanada says
When a woman’s entire body is considered to be a fitna because of the debased character of the men, mohammad being the archetype, hijab is the only a general principle and perhaps the least violent.
Physically mutilating the source of the fitna would seem to be the most spiteful and depraved sign of islam’s general attitude towards women.
If certain sections of the West can ever stop their obsession with whitewashing islam, this one practice alone should be enough to utterly discredit islam. Whether via reformation or eradication, FGM might be one of it’s weakest points for potential change.
Infidel says
And come to think of this masquerade… The Dawoodis and Ahmedias portray themselves are very liberal and progressive….. but now it seems that they are all the same inward;y..Can’t trust any of them…
gravenimage says
Yup.
Andy says
This sickening practice has to stop, the muslim woman should get together and force the men to be castrated.
See how they would like it.
LeftisruiningCanada says
The corollary might be the excising, or at least the reduction, of the glans. Something which i’m sure would not be popular with the men.
Joe says
Castration is not the same. Cutting the penis off would be closer. The men also have to be humiliated, and made less than women. They couldn’t go out alone in public, because they might rape. So they always have to be with women when they are in public. Women could abuse the men. If the men are a source of embarrassment, they can be killed to protect the honor of women.
The only reason this isn’t practiced is because men are stronger than women. So we have the opposite.
That is the “morality” of Islam. It is about the same as that practiced by a group of chimps with apologies to the monkeys.
Matthieu Baudin says
“…India’s Supreme Court is considering a petition to ban FGM…”
This would be a welcome step however the ever present problem in India is with compliance and enforcement, the same underlying issue that exists in the U.K. where police are extremely reluctant to act to uphold the law. The best laws in the world are no match for fudging, ducking, weaving, and general cowardice on the part of authorities and law enforcement agencies.
LeftisruiningCanada says
+1
Gjallarhornet says
When you discuss with apologists they often claim that is fmg is not an exclusive islamic practice. How to respond?
Answer them that yes, it originated as such in muslim territories. In the contemporary world, the practice has spilled over the border line between islam and Christendom in Africa, meaning that there are some christian or animist Africans who practice it. But these areas are all close to the islamic world. Likewise, the more modern a muslim country is, the more likely the practice is to be banned. Concrete socialist regimes like Algeria for instance do not look kindly on the practice.
So your answer is, that yes, it is an islamic practice, imposed on their neighbours, and abdandoned by themselves in the areas where they are more inclined to listen to reason than islam. It is not exclusive any more to the muslim world, but nevertheless it originates from islam. That is has since been left by those parts of the muslim world that allow for progress only proves the point. Good luck to you in debate!
gravenimage says
FGM predates Islam, and is still practiced by a handful of animists and Christians.
But it is only Islam that considers it not just a cultural practice, but a religious one.
As for this being rare in “modern” Muslim countries, it is practiced in Indonesia, India, and Egypt–all comparatively “modern” by Muslim standards. In Egypt, up to 95% of women suffer from this.
Gjallarhornet says
It is true that is practiced in some parts of India. In other parts, it is not. The British eradicated fmg in Bengal.
So much for colonialism being all bad.
Del says
This disgusting barbaric Liberal practice is often taken to the point where the lips are sewn together with just enough of a hole left to pee through. No antiseptic, no painkiller. A simple search is all that is needed.
gravenimage says
Yes–and with Infibulation–which you describe, also known as Type III FGM–the husband has to *cut his wife open with a knife* in order to have sex with her. This turns the most gentle Muslim man into a brutal thug.
gravenimage says
India: 75% of women in Shi’ite Muslim Dawoodi Bohra sect have undergone genital mutilation
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God, I hate Islam.