Paragraphs for Traditions - Berlin tries to regulate circumcision | People
- 12 years ago
Germany could soon be one of the very few countries where the millennia-old tradition of circumcision will be legally regulated.
This Jewish and Muslim tradition was a hot topic of debate this past summer, after a district court ruled that the circumcision of a four-year-old boy amounted to bodily harm. Now the federal government wants to get involved, but child protection organizations don’t think much of the draft legislation.
Find out more: http://www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,16260532,00.html
This Jewish and Muslim tradition was a hot topic of debate this past summer, after a district court ruled that the circumcision of a four-year-old boy amounted to bodily harm. Now the federal government wants to get involved, but child protection organizations don’t think much of the draft legislation.
Find out more: http://www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,16260532,00.html