A local German court has ruled that circumcision, even as a religious ritual is illegal. The court basically ruled in favor of the children in several ways. They concluded that circumcision does bodily harm to minor children, without their permission. And it also ruled that it denies the child the right to choose their own religion. That would be a very important issue. The court ruled the muslim doctor who performed the circumcision on a four year-old was innocent, as until the ruling, there was no law against it. But they put other doctors on notice (at least in that jurisdiction) that it would be illegal from now on (until appeal, one presumes). Ironically, the Jewish and Muslims who protested the decision used terms to describe it as "insensitive". A rabbi protested the decision: Quote: Originally Posted by A Rabbi "[b]contravened the EU's convention on human rights, to which Germany is subservient and harms the basic freedom of religion enshrined in the German constitution[/b]". [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...-muslim-jewish]source[/url]