REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Jews and Muslims on this windswept island in the northern Atlantic Ocean find themselves united against a proposal to ban ritual

[phands]

And they're trying to compare it with Nazi Germany....sheesh....

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Jews and Muslims on this windswept island in the northern Atlantic Ocean find themselves united against a proposal to ban ritual circumcisions — jeopardizing a fundamental tradition in both religions.


“It’s a bedrock of the Jewish people and of the Torah,” said Rabbi Avi Feldman, 27, who moved from Brooklyn to Reykjavik with his wife and two daughters this year to become Iceland's first resident rabbi.


The bill aims to outlaw circumcision when not for medical reasons and was introduced by nine lawmakers from four political parties. It claims that any parent allowing the “irreversible” procedure disregards a boy's right to self-determination. Those found guilty could face up to six years in prison.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iceland-s-proposed-ban-circumcision-rattles-jews-muslims-n910541

 

[J842P]

Yeah, ritual mutilation is probably something that should be banned. Good for Iceland.

Anyway, can't Jews get circumcised in adulthood if they want to?

I wasn't aware that circumcision was an Islamic *religious* practice, although I know that in parts of the Muslim world it is common.

Anyway, I'd hope this would eventually happen in the US, at least for non-religious reasons, but I doubt it. On this very atheist board you still have many American who support the routine circumcision of infant boys.

Or sorry, "the parent's right to choose, and they wouldn't judge a parent for doing it."

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Ya, male circumcision is right up there with jaywalking in terms of seriousness.

 

[phands]

Ya, male circumcision is right up there with jaywalking in terms of seriousness.

You forgot that FGM is a feature of xtian, muslim and animist religions.