{"_id":"668da0920b76658b4c233acd","title":"What is meant by female circumcision?","question":"Can you provide further clarification on what is meant by “female circumcision”? I do not mean to doubt your knowledge at all, but a group of friends and I were somewhat confused with the answer from the other group as we have always heard that female circumcision is female genital mutilation which is outside of Islam so was hoping you could provide further clarification. A friend provided the following link from Dar Al Iftah https://www.dar-alifta.org/en/article/details/40/female-genital-mutilation which states there’s a consensus among scholars that it does not have a basis of Islam. Is Dar Al Iftah the fatwa institution of Al Azhar?","answer":"This is a topic I've done much research on. Female circumcision in the Islamic tradition is what is known today as clitoral hood reduction or hoodectomy. Female genital mutilation is a crime in the Islamic Sharia.","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe20b76658b4c232800","tag":"Women: Sexual Health","count":36},{"_id":"668da0260b76658b4c232f74","tag":"Circumcision","count":3}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:41:54.648Z"}