Circumcision

• (CBS News) Religious leaders are outraged after a German court ruled that circumcision infringes on a childs right to be protected from bodily harm.
(CBS News)
• Jewish and Muslim leaders were united on Wednesday in their condemnation of a German courts decision to in effect outlaw the circumcision of boys after a judge deemed that the religious practice amounted to bodily harm.
(The Guardian)
• Jews and Muslims are joining forces in outrage over a German courts decision that could prohibit parents from having their children circumcised for religious reasons.
(CNN (blog))
• There are many bad things about the modern atheistic assault on religion. But perhaps the worst thing is its rebranding of certain religious practices as child abuse.
(Daily Telegraph Blogs)
• IT is not known when male circumcision began; it developed independently in several cultures that had no obvious links, like in Africa and the pacific islands. It was practiced among ancient Semitic peoples, including Egyptians and Jews.
(Times of Zambia)
• BERLIN — Germanys foreign minister on Sunday offered assurances that Germany protects religious traditions after a court ruled that circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent.
(Huffington Post)
• Circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents religious rights.
(medicalxpress.com)
• A decision to outlaw circumcision on young boys on the grounds that it causes illegal bodily harm has sparked fury among Jewish and Islamic groups in Germany.
(Daily Mail)
• A court in Cologne has ruled that circumcision, performed for religious reasons on male children below an age where they can meaningfully consent to the operation, amounts to an unwarranted and irreparable interference with their bodily integrity.
(New Statesman)
• These polls are not scientific and reflect the opinion only of visitors who have chosen to participate. Jewish and Muslim groups in Germany condemned a court ruling on Wednesday that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.
(Sydney Morning Herald)