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PostSubject: Circumcision is grievous bodily harm, German judges rule    Circumcision is grievous bodily harm, German judges rule  Icon_minitimeThu Jun 28, 2012 12:12 am

Jewish and Muslim groups in Germany condemned a court ruling on Wednesday that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.

The court in Cologne declared that the procedure violated a child's "fundamental right to bodily integrity". Religious groups claimed that the ruling trampled on freedom of belief and could lead to "circumcision tourism".

The court said the right of the child outweighed that of parents in what legal experts said could be a landmark case.
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The ruling said: "The religious freedom of the parents and their right to educate their child, would not be unacceptably compromised if they were obliged to wait until the child could himself decide to be circumcised.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/circumcision-is-grievous-bodily-harm-german-judges-rule-20120628-213u0.html#ixzz1z3edUNML
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