It’s unscientific: Khur’aan Sunnath Society

Terming the practice of male circumcision among Muslims “unscientific”, the Khur’aan Sunnath Society has claimed that it has not been mentioned anywhere in the Koran.

Jaleel Puttekkadu, vice-president of the society founded by Chekanur Moulavi, said at a press conference here on Monday that it was a “primitive form of forced religious conversion”. Against the backdrop of media reports that female genital cutting was being practised even in Kerala, he said Prophet Mohammed had never recommended circumcision even for boys.

Mr. Jaleel said that like Christian priests perform baptism on children to declare them as Christians and Jews perform circumcision on children to declare them as Jews, Arabian Sunnis perform circumcision on their children to trap them inside their ritualistic circle called Ahlu Sunna. It was inserted into Islam by Abu Hurairah, one of the disciples of the Prophet, who later became a major narrator of the Hadith. The African tribal custom had been in existence thousands of years before the Prophet. “The basis of this practice is a fake Hadith that the Prophet had undergone circumcision. There is, however, no proof in the actual Hadith that it was performed on him or his progeny,” Mr. Jaleel added.

The basis of this practice is a fake Hadith that the Prophet had undergone circumcision.

Jaleel Puttekkadu

Vice-president,

Khur’aan Sunnath Society