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).
