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Religion apparently did not constitute Sidiqui was sentenced to a defenceserve five years and seven months in prison for causing children "gratuitous pain and suffering".<ref>{{REFnews |title=SICK SURGERY: Ex-doctor made boy’s penis ‘explode’ after performing back street circumcisions using rusty tools & ‘restraint’ board |url=https://www.thesun.ie/news/14536792/doctor-boy-penis-circumcision/ |last=Christodoulou |first=Holly |init= |author-link= |publisher=The Irish Sun |website= |date=2025-01-15 |accessdate=2025-01-15 |quote=During one particularly gruesome op on a dining room table in Bristol, a boy's penis "exploded" — causing him to almost die.}}</ref>
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Dr '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' ({{LifeData|birth=1966-02-15|birthplace=|birthcountry=|death=|deathplace=|deathcountry=}}) is a former British medical doctor who was struck off the Medical Register in November 2013 for performing [[circumcision]] on boys in "dirty and unsafe conditions."<ref name="keogh2015">{{REFnews |title=Doctor struck off after performing 'botched and dirty' circumcisions on baby boys |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mohammed-siddiqui-doctor-struck-after-5235888 |last=Keogh |first=Glenn |init= |author-link= |publisher=Mirror |website= |date=2015-02-26 |accessdate=2024-11-03 |format= |quote=}}</ref> <ref name="prosser2024">{{REFnews
|title=Struck off doctor is facing jail for carrying out 'unsafe and unsanitary' mobile circumcisions for £250 a time that left young patients in agony
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14016323/doctor-jail-unsafe-mobile-circumcisions.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
}}</ref>
Sidiqui will be sentenced by Judge Noel Lucas of [https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/courts/southwark-crown-court Southwark Crown Court] on 14 January 2025.<ref name="prosser2024" />Religion apparently did not constitute a defence.
==Precedent==
In an important precedent, Judge Sir James Mumby (2015) ruled that male [[circumcision]] is [[MGM| male genital mutilation]] and causes "significant harm."<ref>Re B and G (children) (No 2) [2015] EWFC 3.</ref>
Law professor Kai Möller has also reviewed this case.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Möller
|first=Kai
|init=K
|author-link=
|title=Male and Female Genital Cutting: Between the Best Interest of the Child and Genital Mutilation
|journal=Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
|date=2020-06-26
|volume=
|issue=
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|url=https://academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ojls/gqaa001/5862902
|DOI=10.1093/ojls/gqaa001
|accessdate=2024-11-08
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Re B and G (children) (No 2) EWFC 3]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
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* {{REFweb
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|quote=National Secular Society spokesperson Dr Alejandro Sanchez said: "The excruciating details of Siddiqui's crimes once again lay bare the dangers inherent to ritual circumcision.
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Intactivism/comments/1i2acjc/a_vile_former_doctor_made_a_boys_penis_explode/
|title=A VILE former doctor made a boy's penis "explode" after carrying out hundreds of back street circumcisions using rusty tools.
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* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.arclaw.org/news/good-news-from-the-uk-english-surgeon-jailed-for-over-five-years-for-operating-unsafe-circumcision-service
|title=Good News From the UK: English Surgeon Jailed for Over Five Years for Operating Unsafe Circumcision Service
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|publisher=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
|date=2015-01-21
|accessdate=2025-01-22
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