FGM is a primitive tribal rite. It has nothing to do with religion.
While we are here, is there any religion out there, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, or anything else that is NOT wrapped up with female sexuality and biological functions? Is there any religion out there that does not treat a menstruating female human as an outcast?
I was a guest at a Muslim house when the lady who sat with me explained that she could not go upstairs to join in prayers because the lining of her uterus was shedding, so apparently she was not wanted by God.
I've read that humans in places like India and Nepal have to go sit in huts outside of their homes while the linings if their uteruses (uteri?) shed.
your statement is slightly illogical. ----you admit that menstruation is
tied to some religious issues----TRUE-----a fact thousands of years old.
But you DENY that FGM is also tied to issues of religion.. That menstruation hut thing is not news to me--but I never heard about Indians
so engaged. ------seems to be related to some primitive "island" cultures.
I agree that just about all religions do the PATRIARCHAL thing-----
a remnant of our APE ancestors. Some groups try to OPTIMISTICALLY overcome those family traditions
FGM is tied to cultures that marry their tribal roots with Islam. People try to intertwine their tribal roots with their religions constantly. You need not look any farther than Alabama.
My question stands: is there any religion on earth that is not tied to women and our physiology and reproductive cycle? Shit. I was a cradle Catholic. You can't get into that "church" without a dick.
Let's examine why female bodies and their functions play such a part in "religion." I will reiterate that I saw a guy claiming to be a "southern baptist" interviewed on TV who claimed that he had the last word when he and his wife disagreed because he has a penis. He made it very clear that his genitalia won every time. It was disgusting, but he laid it all out.
Sorry, but I don't do the spear-chucker, bone-through-your-nose department.