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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
Although he lost his license to practise medicine, he continued to perform non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] on young boys.
==Application of criminal lawto male circumcision==
The [https://www.cps.gov.uk/ Crown Prosecution Service] brought 25 circumcision-related criminal charges against Siddiqui.<ref name="cps2024">{{REFweb
|title=A former surgeon found guilty of causing harm during multiple male circumcision operations