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Subject Angela Merkel Rejects German Court’s Circumcision Ban

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Original Message BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman promised Germany’s Jewish and Muslim communities on Friday they would be free to carry out circumcision on young boys despite a court ban which has provoked concerns about religious freedom.

In a country that is especially sensitive to allegations of intolerance because of the Nazis’ slaughter of 6 million jewish people in the Holocaust, the government said it would find a way around the Cologne court ban in June as a matter of urgency.

“For everyone in the government it is absolutely clear that we want to have Jewish and Muslim religious life in Germany,” said Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert. “Circumcision carried out in a responsible manner must be possible in this country without punishment.”

European rabbis descended on Berlin this week to lobby against what they see as an affront to religious freedom — with the backing of Muslim and Christian leaders in an unusual show of unity, as well as the support of many German politicians.

More: [link to news.nationalpost.com]

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