We were unable to find any Qur’ânic verse that sheds light on this issue directly. However there are some books of Traditions and of Islamic jurisprudence and other books which take up a discussion on the issue of female circumcision. There is disagreement on this issue, however among all four schools of jurisprudence in Islam as well as with the Jafiriyya sect, i.e. the followers of tashi’.

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