Islamic ruling on male and female circumcision
By: Muhammad Lutfi al-Sabbagh
Contributors: World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Series: Health education through religion -- 8; Right path to health, health education through religion -- 8.
Published: 1996
Language: eng
Subjects: Circumcision; Islam; Female circumcision
Description: A collection of three brief scholarly treatises on male and female circumcision as viewed in the body of Islamic law. Noting the lack of doubt that male circumcision is a legitimate practice, the papers largely address common misunderstandings about the Islamic ruling in the case of daughters. In publishing these treatises, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean aims to issue an authoritative and conclusive statement about the practice of female circumcision in Islamic countries.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 8, 2009).