martyrs are certainly part of the society and culture and theology.
free will is government controlled in Islam.
muslims in the US regard Sharia law over US law in many cases. and that is a growing danger to the DHS. go to Dearborn MI and tell me Sharia law doesn't exist there. how about that couple in Atlanta that did the traditional genital mutilation on their daughter? many other instances. be aware.
Where in the Quran does it say anything about female genital mutilation?
I think you are looking at a cultural thing because it isn't limited to Islam and not all Islamic populations practice it.
Judaism
FGC was practiced by the minority Ethiopian Jewish community (Beta Israel), formerly known as Falasha, most of whom now live in Israel, but it is not known if the practice has persisted following their emigration to Israel.
Christianity
As FGC rituals predated the missionaries work in North Africa, many African tribes continue the practice as a matter of cultural tradition. In primarily Christian countries (for instance, Ghana), women undergoing circumcision make reference to the practice in the Old Testament[citation needed], being performed by Abraham's wife, Sarah.
In the United States, as recently as 1938, FGC was advocated by some Christian evangelistsas a method of preventing masturbation. As one preacher prescribed: "While incest and illicit commerce of the sexes is abominable, there is another even more so--if that be possible--that is, the heinous sin of self-pollution or masturbation... "
