Female Genital Mutilation

MPV’s Stance on Female Genital Mutilation

  • We affirm that Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an assault on the rights and bodily autonomy of women and young girls.

  • We affirm that the practice of FGM is not only violent, barbaric, and inhumane, but entirely contrary to the teachings of Islam, including the teachings of the Qur'an and Hadith.

  • We acknowledge the teachings of Islam to be against the mutilation of one's body or another person's body in any way, shape or form.

  • We are adamant in our beliefs that a person, institution, country, or government cannot identify as "Muslim" or "Islamic" when it condones the bodily harm, mutilation, and humiliation of women and girls."

FGM Resources

The Golden Book - Target, a German Human Rights Organization

Das Goldene Buch (The Golden Book) - Target e.V. Ruediger Nehberg

Theologians Battle Female Circumcision - Amira El Ahl

Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting From Islam - Ibrahim Lethome Asmani & Maryam Sheikh Abdi

Sauti Yetu - A multi-issue US community-based organization that works with African immigrant women and families on issues such as female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C), early and forced marriages, education and gender.

FGMC - An educational toolkit for providers and survivors.

Gender-Based Violence Pamphlet - Blue Campaign