Re: Islamic Castration

Another reply to Gursey July 2

A search of the internet has failed to turn up a reference in the Koran
which forbids castration; some give the hadith as an authority for its
prohibition, but all are agreed it is forbidden.

On the other hand A.Ghosh, in "The Koran and the Kafir," states that
"the kafirs of course could be castrated at any time as they do not
fall into the category of believers."

Muslim law did not forbid trade in foreign eunuchs, and to facilitate
this slaves were, at first, castrated before importation.But according
to John J.Miller "Muslims later accepted castration within their own
lands, so long as non-Muslims performed the deed." This, of course, is
why we find Christians (probably surgeons) performing the operation for
Muslims.

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