A cross-communal campaign group is to be launched to defend religious circumcision in Britain.
There is widespread support from across the spectrum of synagogal groups and religious bodies to speak out in favour of brit milah.
A German district court’s ruling last month that the religious practice constituted a criminal act was widely attacked by Jewish and Muslim organisations across Europe.
Preparations for the British defence group have been taking place for months. It is understood the campaign will officially start work once funding has been secured.
The group will follow the model of Shechita UK, the campaign group set up in 2003 to unite communal bodies and present the case for religious slaughter to government and the public.
