Via the Local:
Circumcision of young boys for religious and non-medical reasons ought to be banned in Sweden, urged the Swedish Paediatric Society (Svenska barnläkarföreningen, BLF).
In a statement submitted to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), the society called the procedure an assault.
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"Parents decide things for their children all the time," Omar Mustafa, head of the Islamic Association in Sweden, said to GP.
"Allowing parents to decide over this matter isn't stranger than allowing them to decide whether their child is to be vaccinated or not," he continued.(source)
