Kenyan Islamic leaders speak out against female genital mutilation

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Kenyan Islamic leaders are lending support to a national campaign to end female genital mutilation, a practice many in the country wrongly assume is permitted by Islam, they say.

To read more:

https://religionnews.com/2018/05/08/kenyan-islamic-leaders-speak-out-against-female-genital-mutilation/

[Major Nikon]

1. It's been permitted and encouraged by Islam for over a thousand years

It's origins with Islam go all the way back to Muhammad.

[guillaumeb]

7. See #2.

[Major Nikon]

8. I've already seen enough of your #2

[MineralMan]

2. Islam, like Christianity, is not a single, uniform religion.

It also has sectarian divisions. I thought everyone knew that. And different sects of Islam do things in different ways. They even go to war against each other, just like Christians have done in the past.

[Major Nikon]

3. Not exactly just like

The biggest reason why adherents to Islam have been going to war with each other is because they believe only a successor to Muhammad can be the anointed dictator. That path of succession was split after the death of Muhammad and they have been fighting over it ever since. The parallels are closer to ancient Judaism and the succession of King David. Although there was certainly infighting in the first century, thanks to Roman standardization of Christianity, Christians didn't have a major beef with each other till after reformation.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. It's kind of amusing Muhammad had the foresight to give a "final sermon"...

...but not enough to designate a successor.

Probably one of the bigger "oops" moments in recorded history.

[Major Nikon]

9. It would seem to limit his credibility as a prophet

[Mariana]

4. How many Islamic leaders spoke out against female genital mutiliation?

The writer left that out, for some reason.

[trotsky]

6. But that would mean they are defining Islam for others.

And you have prohibited ANYONE from defining religion for others.

Except when it's done to your liking or advancing your agenda, of course.