On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:43 am Post subject: Egyptian Mufti speaks out against female genital mutilation |
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt.
Genital cutting of girls, often referred to as female genital mutilation or circumcision, is banned in Egypt although the practice remains widespread as a rite of passage for girls and is often viewed as a way to protect their chastity.
"The harmful tradition of circumcision that is practised in Egypt in our era is forbidden," Mufti Ali Gomaa was quoted as saying by the Egyptian state news agency MENA.
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http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=988492007
Because I know discussions tend to go on this board, I will point out that this is not an exclusively Muslim practice, as evidenced by(among other things) the Coptic Pope weighing in on the matter as well.
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Both Tantawi and Coptic Pope Shenouda, the leader of Egypt's minority Christian community, have said that neither the Koran nor the Bible demand or mention female circumcision, which is usually performed on pre-pubescent girls.
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