So in Islam there are 4 schools called Madhabs. Muslim in the horn of Africa follow the Shafi’i school and unfortunately FGM is considered obligatory in the Shafi’i madhab.

The 3 other Islamic schools consider FGM permissible but not obligatory. This is one reason why some Shafi'i regions like East Africa, Egypt and Indonesia have high rates of FGM.
Historically, FGM existed before Islam and it is also practised in some non-Muslim African communities and it is common in West Africa too.

But the Shafi’i school is the only one of the four Islamic schools that considers FGM mandatory.

We’re doomed right? How can Somalis stop FGM when it is literally considered wajib in their own school of Islam?

Guys stopp not me getting insecure now!

I’ve been talking to this chill Somali guy, who I’m going to assume is Muslim, while he probably assumes I’m a little strayed but SURELY Muslim. SOOO should I ask/tell him now or what?

Hi everyone, I just joined this server to actually connect with a community of people who have something at least in common with me.

I’m 20M living in the US. I just recently left the religion because it honestly sounds stupid to me. Since the age of 7, it all never made sense to me from Noah to Lut to Ibrahim, and even Issa. Don’t even get me started with Momo. I also never liked the oppressive aspects of this religion: how women are treated, how racism is so normalized in this community, and homophobia too. Nothing ever made sense to me. I know a lot of people are scared of hell, and for years I was scared of burning in hell, but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that I’d rather burn in hell for an eternity than be in heaven playing house with an all-loving god who tortures beings just for the sin of two fake humans (Adam and Hawa) or even being themselves.

I love music, going to the bars, and enjoying life, and honestly, I’d rather die knowing I’ve lived the life I wanted than live in constant fear. If anyone wants to be moots and want to discuss anything outside of an Ex-Muslim, I love pop music, history, fashion, any type of sports movies and tv shows.

Thank you guys for reading my first-ever Reddit post, and honestly, I’m so excited about this journey.

And YIKES are a lot of Somali people who are entitled and rude

Just today:

lady 1 - yells at a welfare social worker for not calling back. When told the case worker oversees 300 people and that she did not leave any voicemail when calling responds by yelling more and saying that's not an excuse and "if you can't handle my work, transfer me to somebody else"

lady 2 - abruptly hangs up the call when told her case needs further investigation. this was to the state licensing office. earlier in the call was speaking in a loud, demanding tone

What the fuck is going on with these people?