[Reader-list] HIV and male circumcision

[Tapas Ray]

Thanks, Naeem! I knew about the Jewish practice, but not that it was 
being prescribed or recommended for medical reasons.

Naeem Mohaiemen wrote:
>> Male circumcision is a prominent marker of the Muslim other in India's
>> Hindu popular imaginary. A crude term referring to this practice is
>> often used as a substitute for the words 'Muslim' and 'Mussalman', and
>> physical evidence of it is used to identify Muslims trying to pass
>> themselves off as Hindus in order to escape death in riots. The term has
>> been used on this list by one esteemed member if I remember correctly.
> 
> Male circumcision is also a Jewish practice, and increasingly a common
> practice among people of other religions in some cities, as
> recommended by doctors.
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