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No religions are in favor of female mutilations and Islam actually condemns it.[/url]
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No. This is a bald-faced lie supported by apologists.
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So is there any credence to the claim that Islam supports FGM? In fact, there is. To name two, the major collections of the Hadith Sahih Muslim 3:684 and Abu Dawud 41:5251 support the practice. Of the four major schools of thought in Sunni Islam, two mandate FGM while two merely recommend it. Unsurprisingly, in the Muslim-majority countries dominated by the schools which mandate the practice, there is evidence of widespread female circumcision. Of particular note: None of the major schools condemn the practice.
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendl...d-this-is-why/
We can't address these problems with obscurantism. 98% of Indonesian Muslim women are subjected to FGM. Denying the motivations behind the practice - religious and cultural both - simply allows it to continue unchecked.
Still not sure why this thread moved to Islam but that absolutely needed a response.