Circumcision and violence: Difference between revisions

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Although [[circumcision]] is never mentioned in the Qur'an, male circumcision is deeply rooted in the Muslim tradition. Muhammad is reported to have prescribed cutting the [[foreskin]] as a fitrah, a measure of personal cleanliness. Modern Muslims see circumcision as essential to their faith, although they have also come to lean on arguments of "medical benefits." A conference of Islamic scholars in 1987 stated that modern circumcision studies “[reflect] the wisdom of the Islamic statements”.<ref>{{GollaherDL 2000}}</ref>

The Muslim code of religious law (AKA Shariah) recommends performance of [[circumcision]] at the age of seven days. In practice, however, Muslim boys are [[circumcised]] at varying ages before puberty,<ref>{{REFbook

|last=Morgenstern

|first=Julian

|init=J

|title=Rites of Birth, Marriage, Death and Kindred Occasions among the Semites

|location=Chicago

|publisher=Quadrangle Books

|year=1966

|pages=48-66

|quote=...in modern Moslem practice the rite is performed generally between the ages of two and seven years... as late as the thirteenth year.

}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook

|last=Mehta

|first=Depak

|chapter=Circumcision, Body, Masculinity

|title=Violence and Subjectivity

|editors=Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, et al.

|location=Berkeley

|publisher={{UNI|University of California|UCBE}} Press

|year=2000

|page=82

|quote=...two to six years.

}}</ref> however, it is no less injurious or traumatic.

Islam has a long violent tradition of using the sword to advance Islam.

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 Although [[circumcision]] is never mentioned in the Qur'an, male circumcision is deeply rooted in the Muslim tradition. Muhammad is reported to have prescribed cutting the [[foreskin]] as a fitrah, a measure of personal cleanliness. Modern Muslims see circumcision as essential to their faith, although they have also come to lean on arguments of "medical benefits." A conference of Islamic scholars in 1987 stated that modern circumcision studies “[reflect] the wisdom of the Islamic statements”.<ref>{{GollaherDL 2000}}</ref>
+The Muslim code of religious law (AKA Shariah) recommends performance of [[circumcision]] at the age of seven days. In practice, however, Muslim boys are [[circumcised]] at varying ages before puberty,<ref>{{REFbook
+ |last=Morgenstern
+ |first=Julian
+ |init=J
+ |title=Rites of Birth, Marriage, Death and Kindred Occasions among the Semites
+ |location=Chicago
+ |publisher=Quadrangle Books
+ |year=1966
+ |pages=48-66
+ |quote=...in modern Moslem practice the rite is performed generally between the ages of two and seven years... as late as the thirteenth year.
+}}</ref><ref>{{REFbook
+ |last=Mehta
+ |first=Depak
+ |chapter=Circumcision, Body, Masculinity
+ |title=Violence and Subjectivity
+ |editors=Veena Das, Arthur Kleinman, et al.
+ |location=Berkeley
+ |publisher={{UNI|University of California|UCBE}} Press
+ |year=2000
+ |page=82
+ |quote=...two to six years.
+}}</ref> however, it is no less injurious or traumatic.
+Islam has a long violent tradition of using the sword to advance Islam.
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