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البظر
al-baẓr
al-bazr, the clitoris, die Kitoris, der Kitzler
الشفرين
aš-šafrayan
al-schafrayan, the labia, die Labien, Schamlippen
ختان الإناث
ḫitān al-ināṯ
chitan al-inath, FGM nach Koran und Sunna
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“The noble Sharia … female circumcision involves cutting off only a tiny upper part of the clitoris without removing it.”
— 25.09.2023, The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (SIC or GSIC), Fatwa
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Gambia ist überall
Im Dorf Bakadagi-Mandinka im Distrikt Niani in der Central River Region des westafrikanischen Staates Gambia hatten drei Frauen zwischen vier Monaten und einem Jahr alte Mädchen „beschnitten”, genitalverstümmelt. Im letzten Jahr (2023) die Täterinnen verurteilt, zu einer Gefängnisstrafe von einem Jahr oder zu einer Geldstrafe von 15.000 Dalasi für jede, das sind ungefähr 204 Euro. Die drei Frauen hatten mehrere, erst zwischen vier Monaten und einem Jahr alte, Mädchen „beschnitten”, genitalverstümmelt. FGM sprich jede Form (Typ I, II, III, IV) von FGM ist in Gambia verboten.
Eine islamischer Führer (um das Wort cleric, Kleriker zu vermeiden) bezahlte die Strafe und die höchsten religiösen Autoritäten des Landes bekundeten am 25. September 2023 mit Fatwa Nummer (002) (arab.) / (003) (engl.) die islamrechtliche (die islamische) Rechtmäßigkeit der Tat. Gambias Bevölkerung ist zu 90 Prozent muslimisch, 9 Prozent christlich, 1 Prozent gehört den altüberlieferten afrikanischen Religionen an.
Einen Islam ohne weibliche Genitalverstümmelung (FGM, female genital mutilation) gibt es nicht.
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“That is because the noble Sharia never recognizes anything that causes harm to people, be it health or physical. The committee wishes to point out that the legal form of female circumcision involves cutting off only a tiny upper part of the clitoris without removing it or touching any part of the labia.”
المجلس الإسلامي الأعلى في غامبيا
Gambia Supreme Islamic Council
25.09.2023, The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (SIC / GSIC), Fatwa
The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council’s Fatwa and Moon Sighting Committee (Fatwa on the ruling of female circumcision in Islam)
Dr. Mbye Kebba Kah (Chairman)
Dr. Sheikh Nfamara Jwala (Vice Chairman)
Dr. Osman Muhammad Bashir Camara (Rapporter)
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FATWA – FEMALE CIRCUMCISION
September 2023
The Fatwa & Moon-sighting Committee of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC) issues a Fatwa (Pronouncement of Islamic Ruling) on the issue of “Female Circumcision”.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the most noble of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad bin Abdullah, and his household, companions, and those who follow in his footsteps.
The Fatwa and Moon Sighting Committee of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council is pleased to issue a fatwa to all Muslims in The Gambia regarding the legality of Female Circumcision (in Islam). In this regard, the Committee would like to clarify that Female Circumcision is not just a merely inherited custom as falsely claimed by those who are not conversant with Islamic Law. Rather, it is one of the virtues of Islam and a Sunna practice approved by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon Him, who said: “Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra…” of which, he mentioned Circumcision.
The legitimacy of Female Circumcision has been proven in several authentic hadiths of the Prophet; peace be upon him. Therefore, Muslim Jurists agreed on its legality. Some Jurists have even argued that Female Circumcision is obligatory, whereas others have considered it a recommended act of Sunna. However, it was not reported by any of the reliable Muslim Scholars denying the legality of Female Circumcision in the manner prescribed by the Messenger of Allah; peace be upon him; because the noble Sharia does not acknowledge anything at all that causes harm to people, be it health or physical, for it’s free from that!
The Committee wishes to point out that the legal form of Female Circumcision in Islam is the cutting off of only a tiny upper part of the clitoris without removing it or touching any part of the labia, which is contrary to what is known as “FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION” and does not entail the removal of the genital organ, or what is known as Pharaonic Circumcision. Muslim Jurists have agreed that this type (FGM) is ILLEGAL in Islam because of the harm it inflicts on women.
In this context, the Fatwa Committee of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council calls on the Government of The Gambia to reconsider the Law prohibiting Female Circumcision, which stipulates the arrest/prosecution of anyone who practices it. Given that we are Muslims, the most precious thing we have in this life is our true Religion.
The Committee issued this Fatwa to clarify to the people the position of the Sharia of Allah in Female Circumcision and acquits itself regarding this matter before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Similarly, the Committee also strongly condemns entities and individuals who denounce the practice of Female Circumcision and calls on the authorities to arrest/prosecute anyone who practices it.
With this, Allah is the Lord who blesses and guides us to the right path.
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MEMBER OF THE FATWA & MOONSIGHTING COMMITTEE INCLUDES:
Dr. Mbye Kebba Kah – The Chairman
Dr. Sheikh Nfamara Jawla – Vice Chairman
Sheikh Ibrahim Masanneh Jarju – Coordinator
Dr. Osman Muhammad Bashir Camara – Secretary
Dr. Foday Jagana – Member
Dr. Omar Faba Gitteh – Member
Sheikh Ali Cham – Member
Sheikh Haroun Manneh – Member
Sheikh Abdullah Sisawo – Member
Sheikh Sufyan Drammeh – Member
Sheikh Bashir Bah – Member
Sheikh Alh. Ousman Jah – Member
Sheikh Osman Muhammad Manga – Member
Sheikh Mustapha Bashir Darboe – Member
Sheikh Mbye Saho – Member
Signed……..
DR. MBYE KEBBA KAH
Chairman, Fatwa & Moon Sighting Committee
Rabīʿ al-Awwal 1445 H – September 2023
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The issue flared up in mid 2023, when three women received fines or prison sentences for performing FGM.
An Islamic cleric paid the fines and The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council issued a fatwa upholding the legality of „female circumcision.“
The Islamic Council, the country’s main Muslim organisation, said the practice was „not just a merely inherited custom“ but „one of the virtues of Islam.“
It called on the government to reconsider the ban.
(04.03.2024. Gambian Legislature Considers Ending Ban on Female Genital Mutilation. VOA Voice of Africa.)
voaafrica.com/a/gambian-legislature-considers-ending-ban-on-female-genital-mutilation/7513607.html
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International Women’s Day 2024, IWD 2024
Zum morgigen achten März, dem Weltfrauentag, ist festzustellen, dass alle deutschen Frauenrechtsinitiativen oder Frauenrechtsverbände, von EMMA um Alice Schwarzer bis zu Terre des Femmes (TdF), den gegebenen Kausalzusammenhang Islam FGM Jahrzehnt um Jahrzehnt verschweigen.
Reden wir nie lediglich von den Mädchen, wo es doch um die unnötige Verletzung, unnötige Operation, unnötige Genitaloperation geht, durch Erwachsene vorgenommen am Kind, Kleinkind oder Säugling. Es geht um Kinder. Kind ist Mensch unter 18 Jahre und Kind ist Junge oder Mädchen.
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Eines Tages begegnete Mohammed der zum Islam konvertierten muqaṭṭiʿatu l-buẓūr (amputatrice di clitoridi, coupeuse de clitoris, cutter of clitorises), der Frauenbeschneiderin Umm Atiyya, Umm ʿAṭiyya. Die Gottgehorsame befragte den Propheten nach der religiösen Rechtmäßigkeit ihrer täglichen Arbeit und Allahs Sprecher stellte fest:
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أشمِّي ولا تنهَكي
ašimmī wa-lā tanhakī
[Cut] slightly and do not overdo it
[Schneide] leicht und übertreibe nicht
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Oder Mohammed verkündete den Willen des Himmels so:
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اختفضن ولا تنهكن
iḫtafiḍna wa-lā tanhikna
Cut [slightly] without exaggeration
Schneide [leicht] und ohne Übertreibung
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Man falle auf islamradikale Nebelwerfer wie Nuh Ha Mim Keller (“not the clitoris itself, as some mistakenly assert”) oder Asiff Hussein (“an Islamic practice that brings untold benefits to women, eine islamische Praxis, die den Frauen unerhörte Wohltaten schenkt”) nicht herein, selbstverständlich muss es islamrechtlich – islamisch – nicht beim Wegschneiden der Klitorisvorhaut bleiben, sondern kann das weibliche Zentrum der Lust amputiert oder teilamputiert werden, die arabisch Bazr baẓr (Mehrzahl Buzur buẓūr) zu nennende Klitoris. Die die FGM-Typen I, II, III und IV umfassende Klassifikation der FGM darf nicht aufgespalten werden in einen weiterhin verbotenen und einen künftig erlaubten Teil.
Der Höchste Islamische Rat von Gambia und sein Kommittee für Fatwa und Mondsichtung haben ihre Religion richtig verstanden.
Kein Islam ohne FGM.
Edward von Roy, Diplom-Sozialarbeiter/-Sozialpädagoge (FH)
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