Assertion: circumcision | /r/HasProperty | practiced by jew
Facets:
value: by the mohammedans
type: OTHER
value: as a religious ritual
type: MANNER
value: originally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Circumcision practiced as a religious rite is found in texts of the Hebrew Bible, as part of the Abrahamic covenant, such as in Genesis 17, and is therefore practiced by Jews and Muslims, which are both Abrahamic religions.
text: The form of the circumcision originally practised by Jews was a much less invasive procedure than the Bris (or Brit) Milah of to-day, which (in its radical excision of the penile skin) is the form also adopted by circumcisions performed by doctors: only the very tip of the prepuce was removed, thus preserving the frenulum and most of the prepuce with its nerves and its coverage of much of the glans; indeed it seems possible that in some instances only a token `cut' or drawing of blood was deemed necessary.
text: As a religious ritual, circumcision is practiced by Jews and Moslems in accordance with the biblical account of Abraham's covenant with God.
text: Circumcision varies considerably as practised by the Jews and by the Mohammedans.