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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

"Although he lost his license to practise medicine, he continued to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] on young boys. Siddiqui of Anchor Crescent, Birmingham, admitted twelve counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, eight counts of wrongly administrating a prescription only medicine, and five counts ==Application of cruelty criminal law to a person under sixteenmale circumcision==The [https://www.cps.gov." The uk/ Crown Prosecution Service] brought 25 circumcision-related criminal charges relate to 21 boys and date between 5 April 2014 and 31 January 2019against Siddiqui.<ref name="prosser2024cps2024" >{{REFweb |title=A former surgeon found guilty of causing harm during multiple male circumcision operations |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-surgeon-found-guilty-causing-harm-during-multiple-male-circumcision-operations |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |archived= |trans-title= |language= |publisher=Crown Prosecution Service |website= |date=2024-10-31 |accessdate=2024-11-01 |format= |quote=He showed a complete disregard for the impact of his actions on his victims, families, and communities. We hope that this conviction offers some comfort in seeing Siddiqui being brought to justice.}}</ref>

"Siddiqui of Anchor Crescent, Birmingham, admitted twelve counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, eight counts of wrongly administrating a prescription only medicine, and five counts of cruelty to a person under sixteen." The charges relate to 21 boys and date between 5 April 2014 and 31 January 2019.<ref name="prosser2024" /> Sidiqui is alleged to have used a "rusty medical tool" and the [[Circumstraint]] infant immobilizer immobiliser device that is considered unacceptable in practice by the National Health Service.<ref name="evans2024">{{REFnews

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. Sidiqui was sentenced to a serve 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>

==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 (Childrenchildren) (No 2) [2015] EWFC 3, [2015].</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= |pages= |url=https://academic.oup.com/ojls/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ojls/gqaa001/5862902 |DOI=10.1093/ojls/gqaa001 |accessdate=2024-11-08}}</ref>