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Four boys in Finland were hospitalized after being [[circumcised]] by a visiting Muslim doctor. One of the boys had gangrene in his [[penis]], but it apparently was successfully treated in hospital. An African-born doctor visiting Kuopio last week performed the operation on seven Muslim boys. The youngest was just three months old, and the oldest were about ten.<ref>{{REFnews

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The office of the Prosecutor General is considering filing charges in a case in which seven Muslim boys in the city of Kuopio had to be hospitalised last year following religiously-mandated circumcisions performed at their homes. In August last year an African-born doctor performed circumcisions according to Muslim teaching on the seven boys, who later required hospital treatment. When the case was made public, police investigated it as one of aggravated assault. One of the investigators now says that factors have come to light which mean that the actions cannot be considered aggravated. The case is being investigated as an ordinary assault. The boys' parents have been interrogated as possible suspects.<ref>{{REFnews

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The [https://stm.fi/en/ministry Ministry of Social Affairs and Health] and the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities sent a letter to Finnish university hospitals in 2003 to urge them to perform non-medical circumcisions, however some doctors have refused to perform the operation, saying that it violates the [[physical integrity]] of the child.<ref>{{REFnews

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The [https://www.lskl.fi/english/ Central Union for Child Welfare] in Finland issued a position statement on male [[circumcision]] in 2003. The statement said "circumcision of boys that violates the personal integrity of the boys is not acceptable unless it is done for medical reasons to treat an illness."<ref>{{REFdocument

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A Muslim mother had been charged with assault after she had her four-year-old son [[circumcised]]. The trial court ruled that the [[circumcision]] of the boy was illegal.<ref>{{REFnews

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