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Zimbabwe: Will Circumcision Change Behaviour or Reinforce Machismo?
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 9 months ago
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I volunteered to take part after I received an HIV test and the advice that circumcision helps to prevent HIV and many other diseases...They also take part in an awareness discussion about the benefits of circumcision. The discussion appeared to ease
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Germany resumes ritual circumcisions after bitter dispute
Berlin :: Germany | 9 months ago
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News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics Clothes traditionally worn by Muslim boys before their circumcisions, are displayed in the window of the ''Kids Elegance'' store in Berlin's Neukoelln district, September 28, 2012. Shopkeeper Nevzat Cavan is
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Proposal Sets Circumcision Regulations in Germany
Cologne :: Germany | 9 months ago
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Germany 's Justice Ministry took a firm step on Wednesday toward safeguarding the right of parents to circumcise their male children, distributing its proposal to state officials and other experts to be debated before it is drafted into law. The
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German bid to keep religious circumcision legal
Berlin :: Germany | 9 months ago
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Justice Ministry has proposed new rules for religious circumcision of infant boys in an effort to ensure that those who carry out the procedure aren't prosecuted. A June regional court ruling prompted outrage in Germany's Jewish and Muslim
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New law to set conditions on circumcision
Cologne :: Germany | 9 months ago
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The German justice minister has drawn up the outlines of new legislation permitting the circumcision of boys after a Cologne court controversially deemed the rite to be a crime. The main points, which have been sent to regional authorities and
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The decision to have a child circumcised
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 9 months ago
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Typically, they come prepared with a long list of questions for a pediatrician . I answer them as best as I am able. For parents soon-to-be-expecting sons, I am frequently asked about circumcision . Most parents are just curious about how the
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Circumcision Debate in Europe Reflects Deeper Tensions
Hof :: Germany | 9 months ago
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Rabbi David Goldberg, a jovial 64-year-old Israeli who serves a community of about 400 Jews in Hof, has become an international cause celebre after four German citizens filed criminal complaints against him with the local prosecutor. His alleged
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Letter from Europe: Germany, Jews and Muslims, and Circumcision
Berlin :: Germany | 9 months ago
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The Jewish Hospital, in the bustling district of Wedding that also is home to a large Turkish community, has for years been providing a special service to Jews and Muslims. About 140 boys were circumcised last year, said Gerhard Nerlich, the hospital'
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Hopkins ethicists say consent needed for Jewish circumcision ritual
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 months ago
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A group of Johns Hopkins ethicists have written a letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg supporting a proposed amendment to require written consent for circumcisions that include an orthodox Jewish practice some say leads to to herpes. The
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Health Board Votes to Regulate Jewish Circumcision Ritual
New York City :: NY :: USA | 9 months ago
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In a morning meeting, the nine-member panel of doctors and public health professionals said that though the regulation had been challenged by some Orthodox Jewish religious authorities as an unconstitutional infringement of their religious freedom,
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