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Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Then-Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked at a conference of the Srugim news website, in Jerusalem, on October 30, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 2:22 pm
Interior minister orders expulsion of woman seeking asylum from genital mutilation
Despite refugee advisory board saying Sierra Leone citizen should be allowed to stay, Shaked says it would be ‘absurd’ to protect her when Israel allows male circumcision
By ToI Staff
The Finnish Parliament in Helsinki, September 4, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons Tiina Tuukkanen)
November 11, 2020, 12:14 am
Proposal to ban male circumcision scrapped from Finland bill
Shelved amendment to new law on female genital mutilation would have potentially limited or outlawed nonmedical circumcision of males
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Hayim Leiter
April 13, 2018, 3:33 pm
Hayim Leiter
The mother of all lies
Brit milah can be traumatic — for a parent; the babies simply do not experience ‘near-death distress’
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
June 7, 2017, 4:31 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Circumcision: Should it be banned?
The ancient ritual is God’s seal imprinted on human flesh, and it is the secret to Jewish survival
Illustrative: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky seen at a circumcision ceremony in Israel on May 02, 2016. (Yaakov Cohen/Flash90)
December 30, 2016, 4:39 pm
Netherlands insurer defends coverage for circumcisions
Amid debate on Muslim traditions, right-wing Dutch outlets say move constitutes ‘support for genital mutilation’
By JTA
British police officer arrests an activist from FEMEN, a group opposed to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), during a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
November 1, 2015, 3:51 am
England, Wales pass new law on female genital mutilation
Though it’s a crime in UK, 137,000 British women and girls, most of them immigrants, said to have undergone practice
By Gregory Katz
Former president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan (screencapture: Youtube/BBCWorldNewsWatch)
From the WebJune 1, 2015, 6:54 am
Nigeria outlaws female genital mutilation
Activists say federal law signed by former president welcome, but legislation not enough to combat practice, Reuters reports
Egyptian women. (AP/Amr Nabil/File)
January 26, 2015, 4:41 pm
Egypt court jails doctor for fatal female circumcision
Despite 2008 ban, procedure still widespread in country, especially in rural areas
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a prisoner (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
From the WebMay 22, 2014, 4:12 pm
Egyptian doctor to stand trial for genital mutilation
The Guardian: In landmark case, Raslan Fadl accused of killing a 13-year-old schoolgirl during operation
A ritual circumcision ceremony in Jerusalem (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90/File)
March 21, 2014, 9:46 pm
Norwegian nurses push to ban ritual circumcision
Union seeks to set a minimum age of 15 or 16 ‘so that the boy himself can decide’
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2014, 5:49 am
European Jewish officials defend ritual circumcision
Council of Europe hearing follows a resolution passed in October, which equated brit milah with female genital mutilation
By JTA
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 4, 2013, 11:36 am
Israel: European stance on circumcision ‘intolerable’
Foreign Ministry urges Council of Europe to rescind statements on religious ritual, comparison to female genital mutilation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 3, 2013, 2:58 am
European council passes anti-circumcision resolution
Measure by intergovernmental body is non-binding; also addresses female genital mutilation
By JTA
Gedalyah Reback
October 31, 2012, 5:25 pm
Gedalyah Reback
Circumcision: The rite so nice, I did it twice
No matter how you slice it, converting to Judaism is a moumental decision
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