Fatwa on FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan
12. Juli 2010, von AdministratorThe Higher Committee of Fatwa in Kurdistan recently issued a Fatwa on FGM. This Fatwa opnely contradicts the fatwa from Al-Azhar university issued in 2006, banning FGM from a religious point of view.
In contrary the Kurdish clerics delegate the decision to mutilate or not back to the families. They additionally underline that FGM is considered Sunnah in most Islamic Law Schools.
A lot of people and activists in Iraqi-Kurdistan are frustrated with this text and start a process of discussing how to proceed with the campaign ahainst FGM.
Here is the Fatwa in English:
With regard to ruling about FGM in the Islamic Jurisprudence, and also what is the view of the Higher Committee for Fatwa with regard to this issue. The Kurdistan High Committee for Fatwa in Kurdistan is responding as follows;
Before answering we would like to present this introduction; in fact Islam didn’t introduce FGM, but it is an old traditional practice that was prevalent among ancient people.