Sosyokültürel, Etik, Tıbbi ve İslami Perspektiften Kız Çocuklarda ve Kadınlarda Sünnet

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 2, 125 - 130, 01.04.2017

M İhsan Karaman

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.266077

Cited By: 1

Öz

Bu
çalışmanın amacı, kız/kadın sünnetinin sosyokültürel, tıbbi, etik ve
dini/İslami olmak üzere dört ayrı perspektiften incelenmesidir. Günümüzde kadın
sünneti Afrika’da uygulanmakta ve uygulama sıklığı ülkeden ülkeye
değişmektedir. Tarih boyunca kadın sünnetine gerekçe gösterilen sosyokültürel nedenlerden
hiçbirinin bilimsel geçerliliği yoktur. Kadın sünneti sıhhi hiçbir yarar
sağlamaz, aksine, erken ve geç dönemde kadının fiziksel, ruhsal ve sosyal
sağlığına ciddi bir darbe vurur. Cinsel sağlık ve mutluluk açısından ise, tam
bir felaket tablosudur. Ancak konu ile ilgili bir uygulama olan “hoodectomy” bir
istisna olup, kadın lehine olumlu sonuçlar veren bir müdahaledir. Kadın
sünnetine etik perspektiften baktığımızda, genel kabul gören temel etik
prensiplerin tümünün ihlal edildiğini görürüz. Son olarak İslami perspektiften
bakıldığında, Kur’an’da kızların sünnetine mesnet teşkil edip hüküm çıkarılacak
bir ayet olmadığı görülür. Kız sünnetinden bahseden hadisler de hadis
ulemasınca zayıf bulunmuştur. Fetva vermeye mesnet olacak sıhhat ve kuvvette
kabul edilmemişlerdir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kız/Kadın sünneti, ataerkil toplum, hoodectomy, İslam’ da kadın sünneti

Female Circumcision from Sociocultural, Ethical, Medical, and Islamic Perspectives

Öz

This paper aims to address
female circumcision (FC) from sociocultural, medical, ethical and
religious/Islamic perspectives. FC is performed primarily in Africa today; its
prevalence varies across countries. None of the sociocultural justifications
developed historically for FC is scientifically valid. FC provides no health
benefits, but, on the contrary, severely impairs the physical, psychological
and social health of the victim in the short and long term. As for sexual health
and satisfaction, the outcome is disastrous. Hoodectomy as another relevant surgical intervention,
however, can be distinguished as an exception because it can be for the benefit
of the woman. When we assess FC ethically, we see that all of the generally
accepted, major principles of medical ethics are violated. Finally when we look
at FC from an Islamic perspective, the Quran does not contain any verses to
ground or adjudicate arguments on FC. The hadiths reporting about the
justification of FC have been determined by the hadith scholars to be weak.
They have not been accepted as sound justificatory sources that a fatwa can be
based on. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

female circumcision, patriarchal society, hoodectomy, female circumcision and Islam

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