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'''Genital cutting in Islam''', for both males and females, is deeply rooted in the Muslim tradition, although the genital cutting of neither sex is never actually mentioned in the Qur'an. Instead, Muhammad is reported to have prescribed genital cutting of either sex as a fitrah, a measure of personal cleanliness, in hadith.
Muslims see male circumcision, and in many cases also female circumcision, as essential to their faith, although in modern times, 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>[[David Gollaher|Gollaher, David L]]. Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery. New York: Basic Books, {{GollaherDL 2000.}}</ref>
Despite being perceived as a practice linked to Islam, organizations such as the World Health Organization deny that female genital cutting has any basis in it, and that any religious texts prescribe it. The organization Human Rights Watch says that the practice of female genital cutting is "erroneously linked" to Islam, and that it is "not particular to any religious faith."<ref name="Newsweek 2016-2-22">{{REFnews