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==Religious requirement== | ==Religious requirement== | ||
Though absent in the Koran, male [[circumcision]] is considered a religious requirement in [[Islam]], and it is performed on male children of varying ages prior to puberty. Converts to these faiths may also choose to undergo [[adult circumcision]], but it is not always required. | Though absent in the Koran, male [[circumcision]] is considered a religious requirement in [[Islam]], and it is performed on male children of varying ages prior to puberty. Converts to these faiths may also choose to undergo [[adult circumcision]], but it is not always required. | ||
==Pssychological issues== | |||
Cansever (1965) administered psychological tests to twelve 5-to-7-year-old Turkish boys before and after [[Islam| Islamic]] circumcision and reported the results in her landmark paper, which was published in the ''British Journal of Medical Psychology'' in December 1965.<ref name="cansever1965">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Cansever | |||
|first=Gocke | |||
|init=G | |||
|author-link=Gocke Cansever | |||
|etal=no | |||
|title=Psychological effects of circumcision | |||
|journal= Brit J Med Psychol | |||
|location= | |||
|date=1965-12 | |||
|volume=38 | |||
|issue=4 | |||
|pages=321-31 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/psych/cansever/ | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID=5322308 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI=10.1111/j.2044-8341.1965.tb01314.x | |||
|accessdate=2023-10-01 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Circumcision]] | * [[Circumcision]] | ||
* [[Religion and culture]] | * [[Religion and culture]] | ||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Circumcision]] | [[Category:Circumcision]] | ||
[[Category:Islam]] | [[Category:Islam]] | ||