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Is circumcision required of a male believer today?

Bible: No       Qur'an: Yes

Acts 15:5-11 – Why put… a yoke upon the neck of...

1 Corinthians 7:18 & 20 – 18. Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised… 20. Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

Galatians 5:2 – I, Paul, say unto you, that if ye be circumcised Christ shall profit you nothing…

Galatians 5:6 – For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.


An-Nahl 16:123 – We revealed to you (O Muhammad) saying: “Follow the religion of Abraham...

Note: In Islam, circumcision is part of the religion of Abraham, and thus binding on Muslims. This can also be seen in the Hadith: Bukhari 1252, Fatih al-Bari 6:388; and Muslim 4:2370.

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