Egyptian Grand Mufti Bans Female Circumcision
June 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
June 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Reuters reports that the Egyptian Grand Mufti has banned the female genital mutilation described in Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s book Infidel, stating that it is harmful and that it is forbidden by Islam.
“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.The statement was the strongest yet against the practice by the Mufti, who is the government’s official arbiter of Islamic law. The Grand Sheikh of Cairo’s prestigious al-Azhar mosque, Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, had previously described the practice as un-Islamic although some other clerics have supported it.
It will be interesting to see if other Islamic countries follow suit. Whether or not the mufti speaks for all of Islam, it’s good to see someone coming out against this horrible practice.
June 24th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Leaders have spoken out against it before….now lets see if the women who practice it on their daughters listen - and if the men will actually marry girls who are not circumcised. It is a battle. It can be won, as foot binding was. But at the same time, it shows how truly evil Islam is and the lies that Satan spreads to torture those who are already in his grasp.