pubic hair, mustache trimming, cutting finger nails, and plucking armpit hair.
These are not limited to males, and so here is the “justification” for female
circumcision too, which by the 5th Century in Arabia was already a cultural
practice to some extent. None of these practices are done to comply with
any demand from Allah, they are just mentioned as being “advisable.” Does
this mean that you can’t get to paradise if you don’t shave your pubes?
Makes the hijab a bit more interesting, don’t you think?
Female Circumcision
Female circumcision is often justified in Africa and is even promoted in other
countries as being sanctioned by Islam. In other places in the Hadith,
Mohammed is quoted as advising on issues of female circumcision. These
references allow certain cultural groups to claim that it justifies female
circumcision as well (see the problems this causes in cultures without a
history of such cultural practices, such as Indonesia). The fact that it is
catching on in Indonesia is an obvious example of where a cultural invasion
is taking place. The people were happily Muslim before, but now many are
being pressured to accept an abhorrent practice with dubious links to their
religion. The cultural parasite in action, infesting another society under the
banner of religion.
Circumcision is not widely practiced in Europe, but caught on in the United
Kingdom and the United States during the English Victorian Era. It’s
introduction was championed by many Christian groups and medical
professionals for its alleged sanitary benefits (anything would help, I
suppose, if you are just washing yourself once a fortn ight) and as a way to
prevent excessive masturbation (then believed as possibly leading to
insanity – which goes to show that going to university back then, same as
today, doesn’t necessarily make you smart). Although nowadays it is still
promoted in the US on the bogus basis that it’s healthy (as if the
uncircumcised penises of the rest of the world were all sick and ready to fall
off). But the original impetus also was partly religious. Some have claimed
that it’s just a way for hospitals and doctors to earn additional fees for
nothing. Whether it’s linked to religion or health, both are deemed
authoritative justifications for something that should have no religious
meaning to Christians. Many Christian commentaries claim that Baptism has
replaced circumcision as a way to confirm one’s commitment to God. I like
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