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Episode 27

FGM Is Un-Islamic : What Communities Must Do to End It

Feb 06, 2026
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Episode Description

A single question about faith and harm sent Dr. Daisy Khan into a years-long investigation of female genital mutilation. She discovered a hard truth that many still resist. FGM is not required by Islam and it violates the very principles the Quran was revealed to protect.

In this episode of WISE Women with Daisy Khan, survivor and social activist Mariya Taher joins host Daisy Khan to separate culture from faith and to name the harm with clarity. Together, they trace how a cultural practice wrapped itself in religious language and why that confusion still costs girls their bodies, dignity, and trust. Daisy explains what Islamic sources actually say about the human body as a sacred trust and why FGM fails every core objective of Islamic law, including protection of life, mind, family, and faith. Mariya shares her journey from anonymous survivor to policy advocate, helping change laws in places such as Massachusetts. Listeners hear what religious clarity, survivor leadership, and local action can do to end FGM in every community.

Listen to WISE Women with Daisy Khan and share this episode with someone who influences your community. Use it to start a real conversation about faith, harm, and the responsibility to protect girls. Visit DaisyKhan.com for resources and subscribe, rate, and review to help more listeners find this message.

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Mariya Taher, MSW, MFA, is an award-winning social activist and writer with over fifteen years dedicated to ending gender-based violence. In 2015, she co-founded Sahiyo, a leading transnational organization committed to empowering communities to end female genital cutting (FGM/C). Her pioneering use of storytelling to end FGM/C earned her the Human Rights Storytellers Award, and her exceptional leadership was recognized with the 2023 L’Oreal Paris USA Women of Worth award. She is also an extensive writer with contributions to NPR’s Code Switch, HuffPost, and more. When she isn’t engaged in advocacy work, she can be found at the yoga studio being a certified yoga teacher or throwing clay at her community-pottery studio.

WISE Women with Daisy Khan 

Where Muslim voices rise, bridges are built, and history's unsung heroines reclaim their light.

WISE Women with Daisy Khan gives voice to Muslims sharing their experiences with anti-Muslim bias, educates non-Muslims to become upstanders against discrimination, and spotlights extraordinary women throughout history whose contributions have been erased. We reclaim faith as a force for good while building bridges between East and West, transforming fear into understanding, one conversation at a time.

We challenge disinformation with knowledge and empathy, confronting the weaponization of religion for political gain. This isn't just another podcast. It's a bridge between communities taught to fear each other, opening hearts and minds to build the understanding our divided world needs.

Welcome to WISE Women. Where wisdom meets courage, and voices become bridges.

News [Source: CBS Evening News]

A man sent a hateful message to a Muslim candidate. He responded with a call for help, article by Steve Hartman

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-man-sent-a-hateful-message-to-a-muslim-candidate-he-responded-with-a-call-to-help/



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