"Circumcision of male children is an ancient religious tradition of two important religions, Judaism and Islam, and is also common among some Christian circles," Israel said, in an official statement. "Any comparison of this tradition to the reprehensible and barbaric practice of female genital mutilation is either appalling ignorance, at best, or defamation and anti- religious hatred, at worst."
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