(European Conservative) When Joël Rubinfeld, the president of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, wrote an article thanking the “Righteous of our time” for standing up for Jews, it was rejected by the entire Belgian press. Eventually Marianne magazine did run the article, […]
(BBC) A former doctor has been jailed for five years and seven months after admitting he caused “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor at the University Hospital Southampton NHS […]
(BBC) A former doctor has admitted causing “painful cruelty to children” by running a mobile circumcision service. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, was a practising doctor at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust when he started visiting homes to carry out […]
(BBC) A former doctor used a rusty medical instrument to circumcise children and gave insufficient pain relief, a court has heard. Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham, caused “unnecessary pain and suffering” to 23 children from Muslim families, Southwark Crown Court was told. […]
(JTA) Denmark’s prime minister opposes a bill seeking to ban the nonmedical circumcision of boys, saying “Danish Jews must continue to be part of Denmark.” Mette Frederiksen of the ruling Social Democrat party made the statement during an interview Thursday on TV2 […]
(JTA) The Danish parliament is scheduled to consider a bill proposing a ban on non-medical circumcisions. Henri Goldstein, the president of the Jewish Community in Denmark, says the measure represents “the worst threat since World War II” to the country’s Jews, who […]
(JTA) Sweden’s largest church is supporting a parent’s right to have nonmedical circumcision performed on boys for religious reasons. The Swedish Church in a document titled “view on male circumcision” asserted that the practice, which is performed by Jews, Muslims and some […]
(Local) The leader of Sweden’s Centre Party has said she “regrets” a party vote to work for a ban on non-medical circumcision, after Jewish and Muslim groups criticized the decision. What happened? Sweden’s Centre Party voted in favour of banning circumcision (omskärelse) […]
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(JTA) A leader of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats party submitted a draft motion calling for a ban on nonmedical circumcision of boys, which the text defined as “backward” child abuse. Sweden Democrats Secretary Richard Jomshof on Wednesday submitted the draft for […]
(Local) A petition demanding parliament consider implementing a ban on circumcising boys under 18 is set to be considered by parliament. The petition reached in June the 50,000 signatures required to force parliament to take up the issue. Parliament’s justice administration (Lovsekretariat) […]
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