Islamic Circumcision and Female Circumcision

Journal Title: Eskiyeni - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 37

Abstract

Circumcision is a surgical practice. It is usually practiced for male and sometimes for female in some countries; but female circumcision isn’t common in comparison with male circumcision. Circumcision was practiced by different communities in the past and was accepted as a religious ritual by these nations. Circumcision in Jewish is a covenant with Rabb and Jews so all jews have to circumcise their all sons. Circumcision in Cristianity is accepted as the spiritial cleanliness so they don’t do surginal practice. Cimcumcision among Muslims always is practiced to male but to female in somewhere not by all muslims. Because there are diffirent opinions among Islamic jurists. However circumcision is accepted as a good custom by most of muslims. As known that firstman who was circumcised the Messenger Abraham. After the Messenger Abraham circumcised his sons called İsmail and İshak with the command of God. Circumcision is accepted as medical for male according to most of specialist doctors but not medical for female.

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Aynur ERYİĞİT BADER

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Aynur ERYİĞİT BADER (2018). Islamic Circumcision and Female Circumcision. Eskiyeni, 6(37), 81-27. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-496463