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In the procedure, the rabbi uses a scalpel to perform traditional circumcision to the child’s genitalia, then leans down and sucks blood from the wound as prayers in the traditional Hebrew language are chanted. The practice has been around for thousands of years, but recent cases of infant herpes are causing NYC officials to reconsider it. image: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/adview?ai=Bf9eENPpcVtyXA8emhATGvrzwCc-o7KsHAAAAEAEg49CXCTgAWN-x64OvAmDJ7tuM4KTQFLIBEXd3dy5pbnF1aXNpdHIuY29tugEJZ2ZwX2ltYWdlyAEJ2gFnaHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbnF1aXNpdHIuY29tLzE4NjM1MzMvYmFyYmFyaWMtc2ljay1vcmFsLXN1Y3Rpb24tY2lyY3VtY2lzaW9uLWhhcy1ueWMtb3J0aG9kb3gtamV3cy1hdC1vZGRzL8ACAuACAOoCDy8zOTQ1ODI5L1Zpcm9vbPgC9NEegAMBkAPoApgDpAOoAwHgBAGQBgGgBiDYBwA&sigh=iC2WbW94tBo&cid=5Giwk82v9KQzM2r6CQa4fWlQ&adurl= In a new report <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4990a0f866bc43a49dd8329f96a5cf92/nyc-orthodox-jews-talks-over-ritual-after-herpes-cases> from the *Associated Press*, the practice was linked to 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000, with two deaths and two others suffering brain damage. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is negotiating with a group of rabbis on how to best protect children through traditional Jewish rituals while preserving freedom of religion. “The talks are ongoing but I cannot go into particulars,” said Avi Fink, the de Blasio’s deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, a leader on the talks. “Our goal is to achieve awareness of the risks.” New York City is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, the *AP* notes, with more than a million Jews. Three thousand babies are circumcised using the oral suction circumcision method. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <http://www.cdc.gov/> advised against the practice in 2012, noting that it increased herpes risk of infection in baby boys “by 3.4 times that of other male newborns.” While health officials are more concerned with infant herpes transmission through the practice, at least one rabbi believes the cases are completely unrelated to the practice. Rabbi A. Romi Cohn, 85, said that he doubts the two are related and blamed “the mother or another source” for the children having contracted the virus. “They’re wild accusations without any basis,” Cohn said. “I’ve done 35,000 circumcisions and never had an infection, of any kind.” He added that circumcision is like any medical procedure and comes with its share of risks, and that the procedures are done with the voluntary participation of parents. The *Inquisitr* first shared this practice in a January article <http://www.inquisitr.com/1728564/circumcision-ritual-infecting-infants-with-herpes/> . At that time, New York rabbis were vehemently protesting the conclusions of the health department that the procedure and the herpes were related, claiming there was no proof, but the pathogenesis of the herpes infection identified by the doctors who diagnosed and treated one of the infants argues against the rabbis. The timeline was consistent with the post circumcision ritual blamed for the potentially fatal infection. Do you think — parental permission or not — that the oral suction circumcision procedure, which involves contact of the mohel’s mouth on the child’s genitalia, should be banned? Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1863533/barbaric-sick-oral-suction-circumcision-has-nyc-orthodox-jews-at-odds/#jFh6TDyTyXR0uTtf.99 On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 1:47:41 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ISIS leader demands female genital mutilation of 2 million girls > > By Robert Myles <http://www.digitaljournal.com/user/363988> Jul 24, > 2014 in World <http://www.digitaljournal.com/world> > > Mosul <http://maps.google.com/?q=Mosul%2C+Iraq&z=4> - A Jihadist leader > associated with the militant Islamist group ISIS — the Islamic State of > Iraq and al-Sham — has ordered that all women aged from 11 to 46 years in > Iraq undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a UN > spokeswoman. > > More > > ISIS orders genital mutilation of women and girls in Mosul, Iraq > <http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/isis-orders-genital-mutilation-of-women-and-girls-in-mosul-iraq/article/392222> > > > The United Nations second-in-command in Iraq, Jacqueline Badcock, speaking > from the Kurdish provincial capital of Irbil, told reporters during a > videoconference organized in Geneva that Islamists in control of the Iraqi > city of Mosul had issued a fatwa or edict asking all families around Iraq's > northern city of Mosul to circumcise daughters within the specified ages or > face severe punishment. > > Ms Badcock, the UN's resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, said > <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28466434> “The practice,” said > Ms. Badcock, "is something very new for Iraq... and does need to be > addressed." > > "This is not the will of Iraqi people, or the women of Iraq in these > vulnerable areas covered by the terrorists," she added > <http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28466434>. > > According to International Business Times > <http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iraq-islamic-state-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-orders-female-genital-mutilation-two-million-1458152>, > > Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-declared Islamic State, ordered > the female genital mutilation of 2 million Iraqi girls seeking to justify > the fatwa as being in order to "distance them from debauchery and > immorality." > > Al-Baghdadi is believed to have been born in Samarra, Iraq in 1971. > According to his Wikipedia entry > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi>, he’s been named the > Caliph — head of state and theocratic absolute monarch — of the > self-proclaimed Islamic State located in western Iraq and north-eastern > Syria. Reports suggest that Al-Baghdadi was an imam at around the time of > the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq. > > Ahmed Obaydi, a spokesman of Mosul Police, told Kurdistan-based BasNews > <http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/ISIS-enforces-female-circumcision-/27970>, > > “Baghdadi’s decision to have all women circumcised is, as he claims, to > prevent immorality and promote Islamic attitudes among Muslims. The > decision was made by Baghdadi as a ‘gift’ for people in Mosul.” > > But civil activist Asil Jamal, quoted by the same news outlet > <http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/ISIS-enforces-female-circumcision-/27970>, > > was more forthright, commenting, “When ISIS was first arriving in Mosul, > people were warmly welcoming them, but as a result of ISIS’ horrendous > wishes, especially forced female circumcision, it is becoming clear for > people that these ISIS militants don’t know anything else except torture.” > > FGM or the ritual cutting of girls’ and women’s’ genitalia is widely > practised across large swathes of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The > practice has come in for strong criticism, not just from the United > Nations, but also human rights and women’s rights groups. > > In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling > on all states to ban the practice but despite widespread condemnation, > women in a number of countries have continued to suffer this barbaric > practice. > > Earlier this week, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF > <http://www.unicef.org/>) released new data which, said UNICEF, confirmed > the need for urgent action to end female genital mutilation and child > marriage — two practices that affect millions of girls across the globe, said > UNICEF <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48320#.U9EFYuNmPng>. > > UNICEF’s figures for those who’ve suffered the humiliation of FGM are > staggering. 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