A Good Fatwa

Reuters reports that Mauritanian imams have issued a fatwa against female genital mutilation. Cheikh Ould Zein, secretary general of the Forum of Islamic Thought in Mauritania said the following:

“Are there texts in the Koran that clearly require that thing? They do not exist. On the contrary, Islam is clearly against any action that has negative effects on health. Now that doctors in Mauritania unanimously say that this practice threatens health, it is therefore clear that Islam is against it.”