A bill in Iceland that could make it a crime to circumcise infant boys for nonmedical reasons is drawing strong support from hundreds of doctors and nurses there, and criticism from religious leaders.

“Our study led to a major increase in uptake of male circumcision. It also lays groundwork for further research to establish the effect of promoting healthy behaviours through religious communities in ...

(RNS) — As European governments have woken to the need to fight anti-Semitism, they should adopt a common approach to guarantee this religious practice. (RNS) — In a decade that has witnessed lethal ...

Among the tenets most central to the practice of Judaism are kosher religious slaughter (shechita) and circumcision (brit milah). Both are based on our history throughout the millennia and have been ...

One top rabbi said a court ruling making the practice illegal meant there was "no future for Jews in Germany." In Germany, the past few weeks have been marked by an intense debate over religious ...

The Guardian reports that the country could be the first European country to outlaw the circumcision of boys for non-medical reasons. If passed, anyone found guilty will face six years imprisonment.

A bill unanimously approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would extend religious protections to advocates of circumcision and ritual slaughter as well as atheists, addressing what its sponsors ...

VIENNA (AP) – Senior Christian, Jewish and Muslim representatives are demanding that Austria formally declare its backing for circumcisions of male infants on religious grounds. Their call Friday ...

In Germany, Jewish and Muslim groups expressed relief after the government passed a law this week explicitly protecting the practice of circumcision. Earlier this year, a local German court had ruled ...

First came the fire engine and a spray of water, with firemen hosing down 40 boys, to the laughter and cheers of their ...

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. The origins of circumcision are unknown, and probably predate written history, but the practice is ...