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The article focuses on circumcision. Local government laws and regulation in Germany, Austria and the U.S. requiring circumcision carried out as a religious rite to meet medical care standards or outlawing the practice are examined, particularly the strong opposition expressed by both Jewish and Islamic religious leaders and groups.

The article focuses on a ruling by a German court that found circumcision of infants for non-medical reasons violates Germany's constitutional protection of the bodily integrity of all people and mentions the ruling has resulted in outrage by both Muslim and Jewish communities.