A Virginia imam said female genital mutilation prevents hypersexuality, leading to calls for his d

[brooklynite]

Washington Post:

A Virginia mosque has publicly condemned the words of its leading imam, highlighting lingering divisions among Muslim leaders over the controversial and widely rejected practice of female genital mutilation.

The Board of Directors at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church said Monday that Imam Shaker Elsayed’s seeming endorsement of the outlawed practice as “the honorable thing to do if needed” ran afoul of both U.S. and Islamic law.

Elsayed’s comments during a lecture on child rearing and family life last month sparked a brief controversy last Friday after a right-wing watchdog group circulated a video clip of his speech online.

Female genital mutilation (FGM), branded a human rights violation by the World Health Organization and by most governments, is a common practice among certain Muslim and Christian populations in Africa and parts of Asia. The practice can range from a small incision or partial removal of the clitoris to a full removal of the clitoris and labia and the infibulation of the vaginal opening — procedures that the WHO says can lead to hemorrhaging, chronic infections, childbirth complications and even death.

[whathehell]

1. Yes, someone should tell him it's male "hypersexuality"

that tends to be more the problem...

[shenmue]

2. Yes

[whathehell]

8. Thank you.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. Assumes facts not in evidence.

Unclear that 'hypersexuality' however defined, is a 'problem' in either gender, ever.

[whathehell]

5. Really?

Sex crimes of all kinds are a "problem" in this and many other societies and the overwhelming majority are committed by men. Sorry.

[Heddi]

6. But sex crimes are typically more about power than hypersexuality

It's the ultimate in power over someone. It is an attack on their physical body, their emotional self AND it damages their sexuality. It is the ultimate control over another person.

[whathehell]

7. So it's said, but they are acted out via their sexuality

so that aspect can hardly be ignored...They are called "sex crimes"
not "power crimes".

[AtheistCrusader]

9. "Hypersexuality is a clinical diagnosis used by mental healthcare researchers and providers to desc"

Hypersexuality is a clinical diagnosis used by mental healthcare researchers and providers to describe extremely frequent or suddenly increased libido. The terms nymphomania and satyriasis were once used to describe the condition, in women and men respectively, but are no longer in general medical use, although the former is still used colloquially.

Hypersexuality may be a primary condition, or the symptom of another medical disease or condition, for example Klüver-Bucy syndrome or bipolar disorder. Hypersexuality may also present as a side effect of medication such as drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease, or through the administering of hormones such as testosterone and estrogen during hormone therapy. Clinicians have yet to reach a consensus over how best to describe hypersexuality as a primary condition,[1][2][3] or to determine the appropriateness of describing such behaviors and impulses as a separate pathology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersexuality

The shitbag imam has in no way established that a clinical diagnosis of 'Hypersexuality' is present in this, or any other instance. He's not talking about a medical diagnosis. He's talking about normal humans, specifically females, having the temerity to actually have sex, period.

Typical controlling shit.

Not sure how you made a leap to 'sex crimes' from that. Whatever are you talking about?

[Lordquinton]

3. Dupe post

Right down to the unfortunate, yet hilarious cut off in the subject line.