It is the country of reference in Europe but Germany could pass for “a nation of puppets”. In any case, this is what Angela Merkel thinks about the recent decision of the Cologne court to ban ritual circumcision. “I don’t want Germany to be the only country in the world where Jews cannot practice their rites,” the Chancellor continued. On June 26, this court declared that the removal of the foreskin for religious reasons amounted to assault and battery and was liable to criminal prosecution. This decision had caused an international outcry and the German government had tried to calm the poem. The country has 4 million Muslims and a large Jewish community.
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