i'm not sure where you are getting the idea that it's a religious ritualThat's fine. We were discussing it being a religious ritual. Which it is. Regardless if it happened pre-islam or not.again, it's not required in islam, and most muslims don't practice fgm.It doesn't make a damn what YOU say Pogo. They put it in their religious teachings. They ADOPTED it into their religion. IDC if historically it had no religious ties. They made it that way.I don't need links. I provided the location. Google it.Don't know where you're pulling all this from (no links) but ---- circumcision involves the genitals, not the fingers.
An action being "in the Hadith", wherever it is, means nothing. Except that its meaning would have been already understood at the time. And it would have been understood because it already existed.
Same with stoning, which we also did recently. Way older than Islam.
It is in the hadith which is a basic Islamic belief.
Circumcision is a basic Islamic belief. It doesn't matter if it was around before. They put it int heir belief system. Period.
That is completely and irrevocably illogical.
FGM has no religious function -- in any religion. It never did. Like "honor killing" its function is social structure/social status.
e.g. -- you don't wear a nice fancy suit because your religion demands it -- you wear it to exhibit a certain social status. It has no relevance to your spiritual leader or congregation -- it has relevance only to your community and peers.
Same thing.