Wikipedia's article on religious male circumcision across traditions, consulted 2026-08-11.
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Wikipedia's article on religious male circumcision across traditions, the lower tier reflecting a crowd sourced, continuously edited encyclopedia entry rather than a peer reviewed or institutional source. It is useful here for a well referenced general summary of its practice in Judaism, Islam and other traditions, and is cited for corroborated factual detail rather than for interpretation. NotesWikipedia's article on religious male circumcision, consulted 2026-08-11. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication; used here for its comparative prevalence figures across Christian, Jewish and Muslim populations, its contrast between the Jewish mohel and the Islamic medical practitioner as officiant, and its note that banning circumcision has historically been documented as a first step toward wider persecution in Jewish history, standard reference facts presented neutrally as documented history rather than as commentary.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_male_circumcision
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Practices, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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