Denmark rejects brit milah ban
Denmark’s National health authority has said it does not think non-medical brit milah is risky enough to justify a ban, after a left-wing parliamentary alliance suggested otherwise.
The director of the Danish Board of Health said levels of risk were not high enough to recommend a ban.
The news was welcomed by European Jewish groups, who see Denmark as the next battleground for safeguarding the practice amid “a trend of intolerance”.
A Milah UK spokesperson said: “We will continue to offer our full support to the Danish Jewish community.”
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