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== The Cologne case and its consequences == | == The Cologne case and its consequences == | ||
The [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] by the Cologne regional court ([https://www.lg-koeln.nrw.de/ Landgericht Köln])' in which the court rightfully decided that a [[circumcision]] of a four-year-old Muslim boy was a violation of the human rights provisions of the Basic Law (''Grundgesetz''), threatened to make all future non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys unlawful, unleashed overwhelming criticism by Muslims and Jews in Germany,<ref>{{REFnews | The [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] by the Cologne regional court ([https://www.lg-koeln.nrw.de/ Landgericht Köln])' in which the court rightfully decided that a [[circumcision]] of a four-year-old Muslim boy was a violation of the human rights provisions of the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html Basic Law] (''Grundgesetz''), threatened to make all future non-therapeutic circumcisions of boys unlawful, unleashed overwhelming criticism by Muslims and Jews in Germany,<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Muslim and Jewish groups denounce German circumcision ruling | |title=Muslim and Jewish groups denounce German circumcision ruling | ||
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18807040 | |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18807040 | ||
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}}</ref> although the Basic Law prohibits such actions. | }}</ref> although the Basic Law prohibits such actions. | ||
The Merkel government, apparently under the influence of the prevailing German collective guilt, said "we're taking circumcision issue very seriously", although that action would require violating the rights supposedly guaranteed by the Basic Law.<ref>{{REFnews | The Merkel government, apparently under the influence of the prevailing German collective guilt, said "we're taking circumcision issue very seriously", although that action would require violating the protected rights supposedly guaranteed by the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html Basic Law].<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|title=Merkel: We’re taking circumcision issue very seriously | |title=Merkel: We’re taking circumcision issue very seriously | ||
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-chancellor-were-taking-circumcision-issue-very-seriously/ | |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-chancellor-were-taking-circumcision-issue-very-seriously/ | ||
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|date=2012-08-26 | |date=2012-08-26 | ||
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