As the debate on religious circumcision is raging in Germany, Austria’s faith leaders united on Friday, July 27, to condemn calls from two provincial leaders to limit the practice as an attack on religion.
"We are concerned about all attempts to exploit the debate that has been triggered by the Cologne verdict to promote a hostile attitude in Austria towards Judaism, Islam or religion in general," Peter Schipka, general secretary of the Roman Catholic Austrian Bishops' Conference, told journalists on Friday, Reuters reported.
The meeting was attended by leaders representing Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim faiths in Austria.
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