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Merkel: Germany Would be “Laughing Stock” if it Keeps Circumcision Ban
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: wiki commons.
JPost/Reuters – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Germany could become a laughing stock if it fails to overturn a district court ban on circumcision that has enraged Jews and Muslims.
Merkel’s government has already criticised the Cologne court ruling and promised a new law to protect the right to circumcise male infants, but the conservative leader’s strong comments underline how sensitive Germany is to charges of intolerance because of its Nazi
past.
