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With reference to the origin of &-9)*-$(!1(29(!#!%.$!.$E#*)9F$41+$ 8?9-/$8*$G)//)/F$P1)./$L2&"!$ of the UAE and Director of Ifta Department, notes that historically Arabs always knew about female circumcision, but only medicine B%9-.$0-1&%19-/$"?-$01%(-/21-+$ G-$D2%"-#$<1%0?-"$L%?)99-/$ _<`JGa$#),!.=$"%$)$B%9).$B?%9$ he saw circumcising a girl: “cut %&&$%.*,$"?-$&%1-#@!.$_%2"-1$&%*/$ of skin over the clitoris; the 01-02(-a$32"$/%.7"$(2"$/--0*,$_!+-+ "?-$(*!"%1!#$!"#-*& aF$&%1$"?!#$!#$ 31!=?"-1$&%1$"?-$&)(-$_%&$"?-$=!1*a$ and more favorable with the ?2#3)./+X$5?!*-$(!1(29(!#!%.$!#$ performed on men and women, there is no evidence from the e21).$%1$A2..)?$1-D2!1!.=$&-9)*-$ (!1(29(!#!%.+$$
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>?-$&%21$A2..!$#(?%%*#$%&$c21!#‐ prudece in Islam have slightly /!&&-1-."$!."-101-")"!%.#+$A%9-$ of them see it as obligatory like 8*$A?))'!7!$#(?%%*f$W6!1(29(!#!%.$ is obligatory for both men and women, but on a very small scale &%1$B%9-.+X$A%9-$%&$"?-9$3-*!-C-$ !"$!#$/-#!1)3*-$*!@-$G).3)*!$)./$ G).)&!F$B?!*-$L)*@!$"?!.@#$!"$ !#$).$?%.%1$&%1$"?-$=!1*+$ 41+$8?9-/$8*$e23)!#!F$&%19-1$ President, Department of Islamic A"2/!-#$)"$"?-$J.!C-1#!",$%&$`)=?/)/F and recently at the UAE University, )=1--#$B!"?$41+$8?9-/$8*$G)//)/$ that circumcision is a personal (?%!(-F$.%"$1-*!=!%2#+$>%$?!9F$ 9).,$L2#*!9#$/%$!"$B!"?%2"$).,$ clear evidence from the Quran or A2..)?+$G-$#"1-##-#$%.$"?-$#!=.!'!‐ cance of the statement released by