The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed strong support for the call by the Jewish community in Germany for parliament to quickly pass legislation specifically protecting circumcision as a religious practice following a court ruling that circumcising young boys is a crime that causes grievous bodily harm.
Abraham Foxman, ADL National Director, decclares circumcision of newborn male children is a core religious rite of Judaism, practiced by Jews around the world. The decision by a district court in Cologne, Germany, to deem non-medical circumcision
a crime places an intolerable burden on the free exercise of religion by Jews and also by Muslims who practice male circumcision as part of their religious faith.
Foxman supports the call by the Central Council of Jews in Germany for the German parliament to quickly pass legislation specifically protecting circumcision as a religious practice. Germany’s commitment to religious freedom requires nothing less.
Foxman hopes and believes the German parliament will have the political will to do so. Germany has dedicated itself to re-building Jewish life, and the consequences of a ban on circumcision would be a devastating blow to the future of the Jewish community. While the ruling by the court in Cologne does not appear to have anti-Semitic intent, its effect is to say Jews are not welcome!
The case came about after a four-year-old Muslim boy’s circumcision led to complications and he checked back into hospital days later with severe bleeding. Prosecutors then charged the physician with grievous bodily harm. http://venitism.blogspot.com
The book of Genesis instructs believers that men should be circumcised! Circumcision of newborn boys is a fixed part of Judaism and Islam, and it has been practiced worldwide for centuries.
One third of men in the world are circumcised. Many are Muslims or Jews circumcised for religious reasons, but some parents also choose to circumcise their boys on health and hygiene grounds.
In comics, a man acts as a hero for babies who will be circumcised without their consent. The person preforming these operations is Dr. Mutilator, a demonic looking madman with a knife who is out to destroy men one circumcision at a time! Foreskin Man arrives in time to stop the monster in his tracks, saving the kid from the misery that is a circumcised penis!
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