I'm not talking about 'respect'; I'm simply saying that there are plenty of ways to be a good Muslim (according to all major schools) without circumcising girls. The same goes for Coptic Christians. FGC is highly contested even within these religions.
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So, as far as 'being a good Muslim or Christian' is important to these people, their own religions say that they can be so perfectly (or even better) without FGC. That's where the analogy with Judaism and MGC breaks down.
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For Jews MGC is a Torah commandment. It is virtually universally defended as the cornerstone of Jewish identity. According to almost all rabbis there is no way for a man to be a Jew without circumcision. There is not a good way to be a religious Jew (even liberal) without MGC
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Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9
Such commandments are only compelling as such if you are a religious fundamentalist/literalist who adheres to devine command theory, which is almost impossible to defend philosophically. All others engage in interpretation of scripture in light of other (moral) norms.
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Finally, most Jews worldwide r atheists or otherwise non-religious. They are not doing it because of divine command. They are doing it for "merely cultural" reasons, on par with those who practice FGC.https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/jews-least-observant-int-l-poll-finds-1.5287579 …
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Thus, if you need to ground a practice in divine command/ literal interpretation of scripture for it to be treated with serious consideration & legally protected, then far fewer circumcisions should be permitted than currently are.
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Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9
That's not even necessary. If religious people themselves find it a crucial component of their religion, for whatever reason, then the legislator has to take that at face value. The legislator does not act as a theologian or a philosopher.
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Replying to @StefanPaas @opticon9
Right, so I’m telling you that millions of Muslims find FGC a crucial part of their religion. But you did not seem to think that was worth taking at face value.
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Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9
Of course the judge should take it at face value, and then he/she can decide whether outlawing it would mean to hamper Muslim identity to such an extent that their religious liberty is damaged beyond fairness. But he/she does not decide what is 'really' religious, etc.
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And my point is: in this case the performance of Muslim religion is not hampered all too much by outlawing FGC.
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There are many Muslim communities that would strongly disagree with you.
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Replying to @briandavidearp @opticon9
Well, outlawing FGC has only provoked very limited protests among Muslim minorities in the West. They seem to go along with it quite unproblematically. I sincerely doubt that the same would happen if MGC were outlawed, don't you think?
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