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-Only one school of Islam - the Shafi'i - makes FGM universally obligatory. The other schools of Islam recommend it with differing levels of obligation. No school of Islam forbids FGM since nothing that Muhammad allowed can be prohibited.
+Only one school of Islam - the Shafi'i - makes FGM universally obligatory. The other schools of Islamic law permit, recommend or oblige it with differing levels. No school of Islam forbids FGM since nothing that Muhammad allowed can be prohibited.
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 *The Maliki school recommends FGM, but does not decree it as obligatory.
 *The Hanafi school decrees FGM to be optional. The Hanafi is the school of fiqh which least favours FGM and Hanafi communities generally don't practice FGM.
-*The Shafi'i school decrees FGM to be obligatory. Shafi'i countries genearlly have +90% FGM-rates. Infibulation, the most severe form of FGM practiced under Islam, is almost entirely attributable to followers of the Shafi'i school.
+*The Shafi'i school decrees FGM to be obligatory. Shafi'i countries generally have +90% FGM-rates. Infibulation, the most severe form of FGM practiced under Islam, is almost entirely attributable to followers of the Shafi'i school.
 *The Hanbali school has have two opinions concerning FGM: some scholars decree it obligatory, other as 'honourable' and therefore recommended.