#HealthcareAndSecularism James Chedwiggen: the law may have a role in protecting children's rights and ending circumcision, but it won't work without cultural change.
Worth noting that 62% in UK would support a ban on circumcisionhttps://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2018/02/nss-says-uk-should-follow-icelands-lead-to-end-genital-cutting …
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أَنَّ امْرَأَةً كَانَتْ تَخْتِنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ: " لَا تُنْهِكِي، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَحْظَى لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى الْبَعْلِ A women used to do circumcision in Medina, so the prophet told her: ‘do not overstrain, (this way) it will be more pleasant>>
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2> for the woman and more liked for the husband.’ إِذَا مَسَّ الْخِتَانُ الْخِتَانَ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ الْغُسْلُ When the circumcised (part in a male) meets the circumcised (part in a female) then Ghusl (ritual bath) will become obligatory.
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From the Hadiths, but it's not Islamic, not at all. Not when most of the FGM done today is done by Muslims. It's members of a Muslim sect that was brought to court in Australia and the USA for FGM.
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