Assertion: circumcision | /r/HasProperty | near universal
Facets:
value: among christian countries of oceania
type: LOCATION
value: in tannaitic times
type: TEMPORAL
value: among whom
type: OTHER
value: for religious reasons
type: CAUSE
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: in north and west africa
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Circumcision is near universal among Christian countries of Oceania and in North and West Africa and it is common in countries such as Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Kenya, and is also widely practiced among Christians from South Korea, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and North Africa.
text: Stephen Box is part of a generation in the US for whom circumcision was almost universal - so much so that an uncircumcised boy would stand out in the locker room, his most private part an object of curiosity, perhaps even ridicule.
text: Circumcision is most common among Muslims and Jews (among whom it is near-universal for religious reasons), and in the United States, parts of Southeast Asia, and Africa.
text: Jewish sources vary on whether or not circumcision of proselytes was a universal practice in tannaitic times.
text: Circumcision is near universal in the Christian countries of Oceania and in North and West Africa and it is common in countries such as the Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Kenya, and is also widely practiced among Christians from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and North Africa.