circumcision

Man, 54, ‘ran circumcision service to perform ‘ritual’ operations on Muslim and Christian children’

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An alleged unlicensed surgeon appeared in court today accused of running a mobile circumcision service to perform ‘ritual’ operations on dozens of Muslim and Christian children as young as two days old, a court has heard.  Mohammad Siddiqui, 54, allegedly carried out the procedures without a licence across the West Midlands between 2015 and 2019, … Read more

Warning over circumcision ritual after four babies contract herpes

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New York health officials warn over circumcision ritual after four cases of herpes in babies were linked to procedures performed by Rabbis Since September 2019, four infants in New York have contracted herpes Officials are warning against a practice called metzitzah b’peh, in which a Jewish rabbi removes blood from the cut with his mouth  … Read more