Ĭontemporary, western women with clitoral hood piercing and genital tattooing (left) and Hanabira (right) This claim is currently very controversial with numerous research papers and fatawa (religious legal ruling) arguing over the permissibility and purpose of female genital cutting. However, many traditional cultures in East Africa and other Muslim jurisdictions have made such claims for female genital cutting. Attempt to repress sexual pleasure and desire: while this is explicitly recognized within Judaism, in the Muslim world, no such claims are made for male circumcision.Expression of religious identity: both in Judaism and Islam, genital cutting for males is seen as a practice that makes one part of the community.In Judaism, the religious male circumcision ceremony ( brit milah) is usually performed on infants. Rite of passage: circumcision in Islam ( khitan) is typically performed during childhood before puberty.Genital cutting is performed for reasons such as: The vast majority of genital cutting in the world is done for religious motives (though not all members of genital cutting religions adhere to the practice).
