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Sweden restricts circumcisions A law passed by the Swedish Parliament restricting the circumcision of boys goes into effect on Monday. Circumcisions will now be allowed only under anaesthetic, and with a doctor or nurse present. Swedish Jews and Muslims object to the new law, saying it violates their religious rights. The law was introduced after a Muslim boy died while being circumcised. But, according to the website of Stockholm's Jewish community, a government commission appointed after the three-year-old's death found that the circumcision had been carried out by a registered physician, and that the cause of death was an overdose of aneasthetics. Health benefits debated A BBC science correspondent says there has been much debate over the medical benefits of male circumcision - some studies say it reduces the chance of contracting a sexually transmitted disease and improves hygiene levels, while others show there to be no health benefit whatsoever. Stockholm's Jewish community is now deciding how to take the matter further. They say they will not be able to find nurses or doctors to help them perform the ceremony because many health professionals in Sweden view circumcision as a form of mutilation. In its website, the community says that making circumcision impossible to carry out in practice would make the Swedish-Jewish congregation, which is already a small minority in Sweden, feel isolated and vulnerable. It adds that it is in principle not the task of the Swedish non-Jewish society to educate the Jewish minority. "It is a scandal that the Riksdag [parliament], which has recently recognised the Jewish group as a national minority, shortly after introduces a restriction on Jewish life in Sweden, with unforeseeable consequences," the website said. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
