Praktek Arab kuno yg perlu dikutuki.
Indonesia: Ministry of health approves "guidelines" for female genital
mutilation
from Jihad Watch by Robert
Under pressure from Muslim organizations, which must be under the spell of
greasy Islamophobes -- after all, everyone knows that this practice has nothing
to do with Islam, right? Right? The smooth deceivers just keep forgetting to
tell Muslims that. "Fears Indonesian Female Circumcision Guidelines Could
Increase Practice," from the Jakarta Globe, September 2 (thanks to The Religion
of Peace):
West Java. Guidelines on how to perform female genital mutilation/cutting
issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health could cause an increase in the
practice, medical experts and rights groups fear.
"This will give doctors a new motivation to circumcise [girls] because now
they can say the Ministry of Health approves of this, and the Indonesian
Council of Ulema [MUI] approves of it," said Jurnalis Uddin, a doctor and
lecturer at Yarsi University in Jakarta.
Though FGM/C was banned in 2006, two of Indonesia's Muslim organizations,
including the largest and mostly moderate, Nahdlatul Ulama, ultimately condone
the practice advising "not to cut too much," and, as a result, many continue to
perform the procedure. [...]
Experts say there has been increasing support for the practice from Muslim
groups since the downfall of authoritarian leader Suharto in 1998, resulting in
greater religious and political freedom, known as "Reformasi".
"Before Reformasi [FGM/C] was mostly done on an individual basis, but since
Reformasi, it has been done in mass events," said Siti Musda Mulia, an academic
specializing in Islamic studies, who initially conducted research on the
process during the Suharto era, and has conducted follow-up research since 1998.
Uddin found Indonesia-wide FGM/C had not increased dramatically since the
Suharto era; however in some areas, such as Bandung, West Java, there was an
increasing tendency to perform it, even among moderate Muslims.
Across Indonesia approximately 12 percent of female babies born in
hospitals, birthing centres or assisted by government midwives have been
circumcised, a figure that excludes FGM/C procedures done outside such
facilities, Uddin said.
FGM/C remains a controversial practice, with debated origins. Religious
experts say it is a foreign cultural practice not sanctioned in any of Islam's
religious texts....
Actually Muhammad took for granted that it would be done, and condoned it: "A
woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more
desirable for a husband." - Sunan Abu Dawud 41.5251
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