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06-29-2013, 11:28 AM
Interesting article that prompted me to go looking around the web for the age of circumcision in Islam. To my surprise I found there is none!
While Judaism typically requires that the Bris (circumcision) be performed at around 7 days of age, Islam simply requires <?> that the male be circumcised before puberty, before joining the congregation of Islam. The reference to Judaism, BTW, is appropriate since circumcision derives from the Abrahamic tradition followed in varying degrees by Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
This story, to me is horrific; to take a child who hasn't - apparently - been prepared in any way into a hospital to be circumcised is the ultimate in cruelty. Even in the most remote of the African Islamic tribes, where circumcision is considered the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood the boys are instructed - what will happen, how it will happen and of course the "joyous but painful" passage from child to adult.
While Judaism typically requires that the Bris (circumcision) be performed at around 7 days of age, Islam simply requires <?> that the male be circumcised before puberty, before joining the congregation of Islam. The reference to Judaism, BTW, is appropriate since circumcision derives from the Abrahamic tradition followed in varying degrees by Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
This story, to me is horrific; to take a child who hasn't - apparently - been prepared in any way into a hospital to be circumcised is the ultimate in cruelty. Even in the most remote of the African Islamic tribes, where circumcision is considered the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood the boys are instructed - what will happen, how it will happen and of course the "joyous but painful" passage from child to adult.
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