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1. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Work of the devil?
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... which predated Islam and may have been initiated in the distant past to subdue the sexual urges of female slaves. My discussions with members of the Suleimani community had made it clear that the Daim-ul-Islam ...
Created on 11 October 2018
2. FGM before the Indian Supreme Court
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... of the common belief that this is required, is a book known as the Daim al-Islam. Sadly, AA Fyzee is no longer with us, so we cannot ask him for his view on ‘khatna’ as an influential author, jurist ...
Created on 07 June 2017
3. Khatna among Suleimanis, from the perspective of an 'outsider
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... the age of adulthood and consent, without coercion, under medical supervision and as a largely symbolic act – as the Prophet Mohammed (PbuH) is reported to have said – not ‘severely’. The Daim al-Islam ...
Created on 11 March 2017
4. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
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... far less frequently, even though it is the “official” reason as per the Bohra religious text Daim al-Islam. This is most likely because khatna is carried out secretly, Bohra religious leaders have never ...
Created on 16 October 2016
5. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Work of the devil?
(News & Blog)
... which predated Islam and may have been initiated in the distant past to subdue the sexual urges of female slaves. My discussions with members of the Suleimani community had made it clear that the Daim-ul-Islam ...
Created on 11 October 2018
6. FGM before the Indian Supreme Court
(News & Blog)
... of the common belief that this is required, is a book known as the Daim al-Islam. Sadly, AA Fyzee is no longer with us, so we cannot ask him for his view on ‘khatna’ as an influential author, jurist ...
Created on 07 June 2017
7. Khatna among Suleimanis, from the perspective of an 'outsider
(News & Blog)
... the age of adulthood and consent, without coercion, under medical supervision and as a largely symbolic act – as the Prophet Mohammed (PbuH) is reported to have said – not ‘severely’. The Daim al-Islam ...
Created on 11 March 2017
8. What can Bohras learn from a new report on the global status of female genital cutting?
(News & Blog)
... far less frequently, even though it is the “official” reason as per the Bohra religious text Daim al-Islam. This is most likely because khatna is carried out secretly, Bohra religious leaders have never ...
Created on 16 October 2016
9. Daim al-Islam
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Daim al-Islam
Created on 16 May 2023
10. FGM before the Indian Supreme Court
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... of the common belief that this is required, is a book known as the Daim al-Islam. Sadly, AA Fyzee is no longer with us, so we cannot ask him for his view on ‘khatna’ as an influential author, jurist ...
Created on 07 June 2017
11. Khatna among Suleimanis, from the perspective of an 'outsider
(Article tagged with: Daim al-Islam)
... the age of adulthood and consent, without coercion, under medical supervision and as a largely symbolic act – as the Prophet Mohammed (PbuH) is reported to have said – not ‘severely’. The Daim al-Islam ...
Created on 11 March 2017

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