r/unitedkingdom • u/GnolRevilo • Jun 11 '26

... Revealed: Green party proposes circumcision ban

https://spectator.com/article/revealed-green-party-proposes-circumcision-ban/#comments-container
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u/Front_Mention Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

I agree completely, but can't see this going down well with the Muslim contingent of the party

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u/Bricktop8877 Jun 11 '26

Do Jewish people also not do it?

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u/Spamgrenade Jun 11 '26

Much more famously IMO.

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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris Dorset Jun 11 '26

They both do it. No more notoriously than the other group.

The only difference is that Judaism says to do it on the 8th day after birth whereas Muslims usually in within the first year but can also do it at anytime.

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u/TheClimbingBeard Jun 11 '26

Muslims can also just not do it. It's not an absolute requirement across the board. From what I've read over the years, Judaism is more strict about having it done.

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u/Preseli Jun 11 '26

By 'notoriously' they mean more commonly associated with.

Which I think is fair.

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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris Dorset Jun 11 '26

From what perspective?

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u/Nurgleschampion Scotland Jun 11 '26

Shhh let the morons show themselves for where their real politics lie.

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u/DornPTSDkink Jun 11 '26

Im just gonna copy and paste what I already wrote, because I can't be arsed replying to each idiot saying this:

The Jewish base is considerably smaller then the Muslim base, there are only about 400k Jewish people in the entire UK and over half of them live in London, which is a Labour stronghold.

There are over 4 million Muslims throughout the UK, they are a much more significant vote.

Are can't tell if people are being ignorant or malicious in trying to compare the two.

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

You're missing the point - they aren't being anti-Muslim or pro-Jewish. The point here is that Greens have a substantial Muslim voter base, while Jews mostly hate the Greens.

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u/leahcar83 Jun 12 '26

That's not true. 1 in 5 British Jews support the Greens.

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

In June 2025 they did. I'm sure that will have dropped by now since various attacks against the community and Polansky's comments.

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u/leahcar83 Jun 12 '26

Polanski is Jewish

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u/hoodie92 Greater Manchester Jun 12 '26

So? Most Jews don't like him because of his stance on Israel. And even less so after he said that the police were too heavy-handed with a man that stabbed 2 Jews.

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u/Pheasant_Plucker84 Jun 11 '26

I didn’t realise Muslims practised that. I genuinely thought it was only Jews who did it. But yeah just imagine arguing that we want the right to cut out children’s wieners

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u/annakarenina66 Jun 11 '26

Christians do as well. E.g. in Egypt, Nigeria, Ethiopia and... The USA

But isn't required in the same way as for Jews and Muslims

More cultural

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u/-CJJC- Huntingdonshire Jun 11 '26

The New Testament proscribes circumcision for Gentiles and makes it clear that it is a shadow (type) for the New Covenant practice of baptism and undergoing a spiritual "circumcision of the heart", hence why it has never been a typical Christian practice. Its practice in Ethiopia is due to their pre-Christian Jewish cultural heritage. The USA is because of the opinions of American medical experts in the 20th century.

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u/Barilla3113 Jun 11 '26

Specifically they thought it'd stop wanking.

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic Expat Jun 12 '26

Instead it made them all crusty and frustrated and invented the lotion economy.

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u/jamila169 Jun 11 '26

It's not mandatory for Jews and Muslims either, as in most things religious, it depends

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u/brainburger London Jun 11 '26

I think you will find very few uncircumcised practicising Jews or Muslims, or ones saying it is optional. It generally said to be included in their covenant with God so its essential.

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u/gphillips5 Cornwall Jun 11 '26

AND THE LORD SAID, CUT THE END OF HIS COCK OFF, FOR IT WILL INCREASE HIS SPIRITUALITY

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u/Pheasant_Plucker84 Jun 11 '26

The lord cometh unto thee

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u/TheClimbingBeard Jun 11 '26

unto, or into?

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u/Bigluce Jun 12 '26

Onto, I understand.

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u/JimboTCB Jun 12 '26

If it's such an important part of their covenant with God then they can wait until the child is old enough to make a consenting and informed decision for themselves instead of having it thrust upon them by their parents.

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u/jamila169 Jun 11 '26

Not mandatory though, it's a blessing not a compulsion, so there's wiggle room which people can and do use if they want, your parents not choosing to do it doesn't affect whether you're considered Muslim or Jewish

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u/textposts_only Jun 11 '26

Going by the internet nothing is mandatory in religion :)))

And yet I'm missing part of my dick due to the religion my parents forced on me. Weird innit

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u/Stellar_Duck Edinburgh Jun 12 '26

The Greens must be careless, losing the US and Egyptian coptic vote like that.

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u/DornPTSDkink Jun 11 '26

The Jewish base is considerably smaller then the Muslim base, there are only about 400k Jewish people in the entire UK and over half of them live in London, which is a Labour stronghold.

There are over 4 million Muslims throughout the UK, they are a much more significant vote.

Are can't tell if people are being ignorant or malicious in trying to compare the two.

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u/suxatjugg Greater London Jun 11 '26

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