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==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.
==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}}
* [[Circumcision]]
* [[Religion and culture]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Circumcision]]
[[Category:Islam]]