The
Crime of Circumcision.
Jul 2012.
"This is my covenant which you shall
keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among
you shall be circumcised."
Genesis 17:10
Genesis 17:10
A district judge in Cologne, Germany, recently
ruled that ritual circumcision is a crime, violating "the fundamental
right of the child to bodily integrity," which outweighs other parental
and religious rights.
"This change runs counter to the interests of the child," the court concluded, "who can decide his religious affiliation himself later in life."
"This change runs counter to the interests of the child," the court concluded, "who can decide his religious affiliation himself later in life."
Jews and Muslims have traditionally viewed
male circumcision in a different light -- not as an expression of individual
choice but as a form of initiation into a community.
German religious figures from all the Abrahamic faiths criticized the Cologne ruling, with particular outrage expressed by Jewish leaders.
Dieter Graumann, head of German Central Council of Jews, called it "outrageous and insensitive" and warned that a general application of the decision would "cold-bloodedly force Judaism into illegality."
German religious figures from all the Abrahamic faiths criticized the Cologne ruling, with particular outrage expressed by Jewish leaders.
Dieter Graumann, head of German Central Council of Jews, called it "outrageous and insensitive" and warned that a general application of the decision would "cold-bloodedly force Judaism into illegality."
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