"The #European #Jewish Association (#EJA) held an emergency conference in #Brussels on Wednesday addressing legal proceedings in #Belgium against #mohels, or ritual #circumcisers, who perform #britmilah on infants. Participants warned that the move could undermine #religious freedom and #minority rights, and set a dangerous precedent for #Jewish and #Muslim communities across #Europe.

The conference, which also included Muslim representatives, presented a policy paper calling for legal clarity, recognition of qualified practitioners, and the promotion of regulation and dialogue rather than #criminalization."

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/skdx0vymmx?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Ob jüdische religiöse Beschneider in Antwerpen vor Gericht gestellt werden, bleibt vorerst offen. Die Entscheidung wurde vertagt, weil die Anklage noch erweitert wurde und nur zunächst weitere Prüfungen notwendig geworden sind.

https://belgieninfo.net/entscheidung-vertagt-ob-juedische-religioese-beschneider-vor-gericht-gestellt-werden-bleibt-vorerst-offen/

#Belgien #Antwerpen #Mohels #Beschneidung #Religionsfreiheit #Menschenrechte #Sexualstrafrecht @Europablog @juergenklute @klute

Ob jüdische religiöse Beschneider in Antwerpen vor Gericht gestellt werden, bleibt vorerst offen. Die Entscheidung wurde vertagt, weil die Anklage noch erweitert wurde und nur zunächst weitere Prüfungen notwendig geworden sind.

https://belgieninfo.net/entscheidung-vertagt-ob-juedische-religioese-beschneider-vor-gericht-gestellt-werden-bleibt-vorerst-offen/

#Belgien #Antwerpen #Mohels #Beschneidung #Religionsfreiheit #Menschenrechte #Sexualstrafrecht @klute @jklute @juergenklute

"#Jews have lived continuously in #Belgium for 800 years, and an estimated 30,000 live there today. They are no longer being made to feel welcome.

How can we say this? Because the country is going ahead with the #prosecution of two #mohels, those who perform ritual #circumcision, a #Jewish rite mandated by the #Torah and performed since the time of #Abraham.

You can’t want Jews in your country and outlaw #ritualcircumcision. The two are mutually exclusive.

Circumcision is not some obscure or optional ritual in #Judaism. It is among the oldest and most defining commandments in Jewish life, a covenantal act performed for millennia under empires, kingdoms, dictatorships, and democracies alike.

A country that effectively criminalizes that practice is not merely regulating medicine; it is placing itself in direct conflict with the continued flourishing of Jewish communal life."

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-897392