Egyptian anti-circumcision group calls for an end to 'male genital mutilation'
Several groups in Egypt and the Middle East are calling for an end to male circumcision, saying the risky operation is not justified for medical or religious purposes.
Like many Egyptian families, Amina and her husband celebrated the circumcision of their son with a ceremony at home with the family. In their village near the northern Sharqia governorate, a circumciser carried out an operation to remove the skin from the tip of the 7-month-old's penis. The baby received many presents, mostly gold and other valuables.
But the bleeding after the operation did not stop.
They hurried their baby to the hospital, where the doctor told Amina that her son was at risk of a permanent deformity and had barely escaped from death due to loss of blood.
“No words can describe my misery when they told me my son risked death or impotence,” Amina, 27, told Al-Monitor.
