Circumcision Traditions

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This paper explores the practices of circumcision within both the Muslim and the Jewish communities, with an emphasis on the laws, rituals, and customs that are found within either community in respect to the motive forces through which circumcision is rationalized.

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"Ritualistic mutilation of the body is a commonplace practice within cultures, as it creates a visible bond with the community that cannot be easily hidden. Examples of such practices are numerous and highly distinctive, including commonly-known practices such as tattooing and piercing as well as those that are lesser-known, such as the binding of the feet of upper-class women in China or the extension of necks through the use of linked metal hoops within the Sudan. Circumcision is a practice that has both socio-cultural and religious ties within the Jewish and the Muslim communities."

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