The reported (but not yet substantiated) order passed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants for girls and women in and around Mosul in Iraq to undergo so-called “female circumcision” (excision) was Friday condemned by Indian Muslim clerics who said that such an order is completely against Islam and has brought shame to the religion.

The order passed by the ISIL has denigrated Islam and is completely against the sanctity of the religion. I condemn such a non-lethal order and want it to be withdrawn, Maulana Mufti Mukarram, the Naib Imam of the 17th century Fatehpuri Mosque in Delhi, told IANS.

In the report, the jihadist militants of the ISIL have are said to have said all women aged between 11 to 49 must undergo genital mutilation, a fatwa that can affect over 4 million girls and women in Iraq.   »»» Nerve (India)

Female genital modification among Muslims (and some Coptic Christians and African animists) is NOT a religious act in Islam. It has been practised in some places as a cultural tradition. There is no mention of it in the Qur’an and only one known reference to the practice by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his immediate disciples. According to one unsubstantiated hadith (saying) attributed to the Prophet, it is reported that while travelling, he came upon a woman who circumcised girls in her village. According to the hadith the Prophet may have said, “Go lightly and do not cut deeply.” If the hadith is authentic, it seems to suggest a tolerance for a mild form of excision in which a small part of the clitoral hood may be removed (which would be a female analog of male circumcision). However, it is NOT an obligation, and like male circumcision, there is no specific age for it to be carried out if desired. The radical forms of excision practiced in some places and that involve partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora is a form of mutilation and is NOT allowed under Islamic law. In fact, it is illegal in most Islamic countries.

The ISIS sect is the home of blasphemers, heretics and renegades. They claim to be Sunni Muslims, but they commit horrible acts that are contrary to Islamic law. They commit a major crime that the Qur’an describes as “spreading mischief in the land” and “waging war against Allah and his Prophet”. Under shari’ah law that crime can be punished by death.

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