tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post3872339842516810910..comments2024-01-17T13:16:10.378-08:00Comments on Joseph4GI: FORCED MALE CIRCUMCISION: NPO Clitoraid Denounces Germany, Appeals to UNJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-86309290575638749912012-12-15T23:28:38.733-08:002012-12-15T23:28:38.733-08:00Interestingly, female circumcision is ALSO a Musli...Interestingly, female circumcision is ALSO a Muslim tradition not mentioned in the Koran. Activists against female genital cutting are having a difficult time stopping it in South East Asia, where male and female "sunat" is seen as an important sacrament. Yet, many countries have swimmingly instituted bans against female genital cutting of any kind, without fear of any terrorist attack.<br /><br />Methinks the real reason for Germany's impotence in standing up for children's rights and refusing to compromise any of its drafted law exempting circumcision is a desire to purge itself from even the most remote implication that it is reverting to its Nazi past.<br /><br />As I've written in my last blog post, I think it's actually remarkable that Germany was even able to make it a legal requirement that parents be made aware of any risks; in New York rabbis are fighting the City of New York to keep the law from requiring them to do the same regarding metzitzah b'peh, as ANY legal regulation on circumcision is being called an infringement. To the fighting rabbis, they see even the slightest government intervention as "the beginning of the end," and thus believe they must do everything in their power to keep any regulation on any aspect of circumcision from happening.<br /><br />Germany may actually be a victory for human rights activists, if ever only so slight...Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-73281372774567551732012-12-15T21:38:18.323-08:002012-12-15T21:38:18.323-08:00Had either amendment passed, a great many ritual c...Had either amendment passed, a great many ritual circumcisions would no longer be possible in Germany, namely those done to Moslem boys who object. It is my understanding that circumcising boys aged 4 to 9 by force or deception is common in the Moslem world. Germany was not willing to buy into a long lasting fight with the Moslem world, one that could result in terrorist acts. <br /><br />Also, Moslem families would surely end run the restrictions by taking their boys to neighbouring countries. A circumcision ban is utterly impossible in France, which is guessed to be about 10% Moslem now (mostly of Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian descent).<br /><br />Scandinavian countries are free of Holocaust guilt. Therefore they will enact age restrictions on ritual circumcision within the lifetimes of most readers of this blog. First World nations with small Jewish and Moslem populations will follow suit.<br /><br />The Koran is silent about circumcision, which is only a tradition in Islam. Over the next 100 years, it is quite conceivable that many educated and westernized Moslem families will stop circumcising. Over the course of this century, most liberal and secular Jewish families that have not already done so will abandon bris. Once these two changes are complete, the Koln court will be seen as having won a belated victory.RDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120095550637873753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-10107111735542581462012-12-15T20:41:10.933-08:002012-12-15T20:41:10.933-08:00That's great. Incredible that a minority relig...That's great. Incredible that a minority religion has so much more compassion and better understanding of the harm of genital mutilation than mainstream religions.<br /><br />I would recommend including a few foreskin restoration links next to the Foregen link.dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708824168962037873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-60605341166023748452012-12-15T17:43:59.236-08:002012-12-15T17:43:59.236-08:00Thank you Joseph, for reporting the details of thi...Thank you Joseph, for reporting the details of this important development. Clitoraid's support is a major step forward toward a more widespread understanding that all children have a basic human right to genital integrity.Bonobo3Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937870574691578171noreply@blogger.com