Fatwa regarding female circumcision expected in coming days

[k98nights]

Fatwa regarding female circumcision expected in coming days

Saturday, June 19th 2010 5:52 PM

Sulaimaniyah, June 19 (AKnews) – Kurdistan's High Committee for Fatwa is expected to deliver a ruling, in the coming days, on female circumcision practiced in the region, a member of the committee said Saturday.

The Fatwa Committee will hold an expanded meeting in the coming days and will deliver a fatwa about female circumcision with a majority vote, Ahmed Shafii, said Saturday.

"We do not want to have fatwas on an individual level… until we hold discussions and issue a unanimous fatwa" Shafi said.

"This meeting of the high committee of fatwa will result in a strong fatwa which is important for Kurdistan Region" Ja'far Gwani, spokesman for the Kurdistan Islamic Scholars Union, said.

This step by the fatwa committee comes only days after the Human Rights Watch in Kurdistan Region released a report earlier in Erbil city's Chwarchra Hotel about female circumcision which was critical of clerics.

Gwani said the report talked about clerics "without conscience"

"In writing the report, our opinion was not asked about, and even for announcing the conclusions we were not informed, while it (the report) should have been transferred to the scholars in detail" he added.

The reporter, Nadia Khalifa of the Human Rights Watch, said according to a survey conducted by the regional government's Ministry of Human Rights, out of 521 women between 14 to 22 years, 40 percent of them had been circumcised.

ry AKnews

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/1/156612/

[LOCOMOJO]

...............This is a barbaric custom, I hope to God that they stop it

[Teresa82]

I believe that this was a mans idea of keeping his women from desire to have sex with someone.Those people are really creepy

[FloridaChick]

My heart goes out to the women and children of the ME. I pray for them.

Freedom, peace, and prosperity are gifts from God and belong to every woman, man, and child on the face of God's earth. I believe the Kurds have the answers.

[alice]

Middle Eastern woman deserve our prayer. I have heard this was on its way and filed it away as insane....these girls need liberty and respect.

Let's all agree to keep them in our prayers.

[LittleMissGrits]

I believe that this was a mans idea of keeping his women from desire to have sex with someone.Those people are really creepy

Would keep her from having any desire for him as well ... idiots, all of em idiots!!!

[k98nights]

Would keep her from having any desire for him as well ... idiots, all of em idiots!!!

They really are some of the most moronic humans on earth.

[tampa1000]

I would be willing to bet this mostly happens in muslim countries....And guess what? They want to rule the world! If you change from being a muslim to a christian the penalty is death!

[cgbrown]

Wow! No wonder they can't get a government in place. While trying to deal with government formation issuess they have to deal with these barbaric ideals as well. I can sure see a lot of ammendments to the constitution forthcoming. I just hope they get their financial act together before getting bogged down in these extended issues.