25 Oct 19
@caissad4 saidWhether FGM is seen as "required in Islam", and whether you'd be seen as Islamophobic for thinking it is not required and for thinking it was wrong, surely depends on which Muslim you are talking to.
Female Genital Mutilation is required in Islam .
She publicly called FGM , evil , vile and abhorrent . I agree with her view .
Does this make her an Islamaphobe ?
25 Oct 19
@fmf saidActually it is stated directly in the Quran and hadiths . It states that FGM is required .
Whether FGM is seen as "required in Islam", and whether you'd be seen as Islamophobic for thinking it is not required and for thinking it was wrong, surely depends on which Muslim you are talking to.
25 Oct 19
@caissad4 saidFGM is native to a particular region, specifically a belt across central Africa.
Ilhan Omar is a member of the US Congress and a Muslim She is viewed as a far left politician .
Female Genital Mutilation (female circumcision ) is required in Islam .
She publicly called FGM , evil , vile and abhorrent . I agree with her view .
Does this make her an Islamaphobe ?
http://www.fgm.co.nz/where-is-fgm-practiced
There is evidence that the practise was exported to Indonesia and is not native to that region.
http://www.stopfgmmideast.org/countries/indonesia/
It is likely that this practise, along with child marriage, predated Islam. Mohammed did not invent it. Moreover, not all schools of Islam view FGM as obligatory.
Neither did Mohammed invent the Haj. Pilgrimage to a rock in the desert was part of the nomadic culture of Arabia long before Mohammed; Mohammed merely gave it a different symbolic significance.
25 Oct 19
@moonbus saidExactly my point. There is no one interpretation of Islam .
FGM is native to a particular region, specifically a belt across central Africa.
http://www.fgm.co.nz/where-is-fgm-practiced
There is evidence that the practise was exported to Indonesia and is not native to that region.
http://www.stopfgmmideast.org/countries/indonesia/
It is likely that this practise, along with child marriage, predated Islam. Mohammed did not i ...[text shortened]... c culture of Arabia long before Mohammed; Mohammed merely gave it a different symbolic significance.
The "big box " was a pilgrimage site for polytheists long before Islam ever existed .
It was obviously built by polytheists , not Abraham .
25 Oct 19
@whodey saidI do not stand behind religious texts . I only read them (and chuckle) .
"Actually it is stated directly in the Quran and hadiths . It states that FGM is required"
This is what you wrote. Do you stand behind this or do you think it was misinterpreted?
As I said there are many interpretations . Just like Christianity .
Many adherents of religions take one from column A and one from column B .
25 Oct 19
@caissad4 saidSo you have no idea then?
I do not stand behind religious texts . I only read them (and chuckle) .
As I said there are many interpretations . Just like Christianity .
Many adherents of religions take one from column A and one from column B .
It seems to me you do and are simply back peddling now.