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All this and the physical violence and wife-beating that is common in polygynous/Islamic families normalises the cruelty of FGM.
All this and the physical violence and wife-beating that is common in polygynous/Islamic families normalises the cruelty of FGM.


===FGM as an Initiation Rite===
==FGM as an Initiation Rite==
Islamic FGM is not an initiation rite. However, non-Islamic FGM often is and as Islamic FGM geographically approaches these cultures it often takes on certain aspects of initiation ritual (e.g. Gambia).
Islamic FGM is not an initiation rite. However, non-Islamic FGM often is and as Islamic FGM geographically approaches these cultures it often takes on certain aspects of initiation ritual (e.g. Gambia).


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This dilemma is faced not just by on-the-ground charity workers, but the whole hierarchy of institutions devoted to combating FGM, including politicians, the media and academia. To resolve the dilemma a number of propositions have evolved to defend the proposition that FGM is un-Islamic (each item in the list links to a full analysis and evaluation of each argument)
This dilemma is faced not just by on-the-ground charity workers, but the whole hierarchy of institutions devoted to combating FGM, including politicians, the media and academia. To resolve the dilemma a number of propositions have evolved to defend the proposition that FGM is un-Islamic (each item in the list links to a full analysis and evaluation of each argument)


* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Is Not Required by Islam|FGM Is Not Required by Islam]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Is Not Required by Islam|FGM Is Not Required by Islam]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#There Is No FGM in the Qur.27an|There Is No FGM in the Qur'an]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#There Is No FGM in the Qur.27an|There Is No FGM in the Qur'an]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Existed Before Islam|FGM Existed Before Islam]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Existed Before Islam|FGM Existed Before Islam]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Is an African Practice|FGM Is an African Practice]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#FGM Is an African Practice|FGM Is an African Practice]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Christians Practice FGM Too|Christians Practice FGM Too]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Christians Practice FGM Too|Christians Practice FGM Too]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Not All Muslims Practice FGM|Not All Muslims Practice FGM]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Not All Muslims Practice FGM|Not All Muslims Practice FGM]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#The FGM Hadith Are Weak|The FGM Hadith Are Weak]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#The FGM Hadith Are Weak|The FGM Hadith Are Weak]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#The Qur.27an Forbids Mutilation|The Qur'an Forbids Mutilation]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#The Qur.27an Forbids Mutilation|The Qur'an Forbids Mutilation]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#.27Circumcision.27 is not Mutilation|'Circumcision' is not Mutilation]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#.27Circumcision.27 is not Mutilation|'Circumcision' is not Mutilation]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#There Is No Record of Muhammad Having His Wives or Daughters Circumcised|There Is No Record of Muhammad Having His Wives or Daughters Circumcised]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#There Is No Record of Muhammad Having His Wives or Daughters Circumcised|There Is No Record of Muhammad Having His Wives or Daughters Circumcised]]
* [[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Muhammad Wanted to Forbid FGM but Couldn.27t|Muhammad Wanted to Forbid FGM but Couldn't]]
*[[Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Law#Muhammad Wanted to Forbid FGM but Couldn.27t|Muhammad Wanted to Forbid FGM but Couldn't]]


==See Also==
==See Also==
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