Circumcision debate targets switched from Jews to Muslims over time

Evidence

While in the past it was the ritual practice of circumcision among Jews that was the trigger for such debates, it is now Islam. Advocates evoke the infant’s health and public health authorities are placed in a position where they must either support or contradict such claims; opponents stress the violation of human rights and note the health risks. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 921

Categorization

• CANDY: A clean, buzzy observation: the same ritual debate simply found a new target community. Good dinner-party fact.