Exclusive: Possible revision of guidance for prosecutors in England and Wales comes amid safety concerns from courts Matthew Weaver and Chris Osuh Sat 10 Jan 2026 Circumcision is to be classed as a potential form of child abuse under new guidance for prosecutors, amid concerns from judges and coroners about deaths and […]
Dr AS Sami – UK, Professor Amtul Razzaq Carmichael – UKCircumcision and Female Genital Mutilation•Contemporary and Social Issues 24th July 2018 Source: Review of Religions We gratefully acknowledge the expert advice […]
The similarities between the two practices are glaring. Both procedures vary in severity. Both involve painful and usually permanent surgery on a non-consenting child. Both are medically unnecessary. And both […]
Source: Mosaic By Seth Kaplan, who lectures at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), is the author of, among other books, Fixing Fragile States and Pathways for Peace: […]
An expat living in the canton of Zurich was fined 1,350 francs ($1,480) for circumcising her son without getting approval from the child’s father, 20 Minuten newspaper reported online on […]
In the latest twist in a controversy that has divided Germans, a regional court has ruled that doctors need to discuss circumcision procedures with the child before they can be […]
Telegraph: ‘Circumcision is one of the oddities of the Royal Family’ It is one of the oddities of the Royal Family — shared by the majority of the English upper […]
By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times April 15, 2013, 11:16 p.m. Researchers say the foreskin can shelter troublesome bacteria, so its removal may bolster the immune system to keep the […]
Debate over the practice had been causing an uproar in the Jewish and Muslim communities. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says, ‘It must be made clear that Jewish and Muslim […]
Zurich University Children’s Hospital says it is resuming the practice of circumcising boys. The hospital introduced a five-week moratorium at the beginning of July following a controversial ruling by a German court. The German decision, which does not apply to Switzerland, prompted debate in several other Swiss hospitals and among […]
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch Moves by two Swiss hospitals to suspend the practice of circumcising boys in the wake of an adverse court ruling about the procedure in Germany have sparked heated debate amongst legal experts in Switzerland. The children’s hospitals of Zurich and St Gallen announced they had suspended […]
By VANESSA FUHRMANS WALL STREET JOURNAL BERLIN—Germany’s government pledged Friday to pass a law to protect the ritual circumcision of young boys, seeking to calm a fractious debate over the religious rights of the country’s Jews and Muslims that has erupted since a German court ruled the practice amounted to […]
BERLIN — Jewish religious leaders will hold an international meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to discuss how to respond to a German court ruling against performing circumcision on baby boys, which also sparked protests from Muslims and Christians in Germany. A court in the western city of Cologne caused an […]
Germany is coming under increasing pressure over the court decision that ruled circumcision was bodily harm and thus a crime – with the Wiesenthal Centre quoting Hitler, and a Muslim group saying it was a blow against integration. The Los-Angeles-based Jewish group called on German lawmakers to provide legal safety […]