A 47-year-old London-based Mohel, Yonason Abraham, has been refused bail after being charged with performing an illegal circumcision on a young Muslim child in Dublin. A father of 10, the Mohel was arrested on Tuesday and appeared before Dublin District Court on Thursday.
Detective Garda Megan Furey objected to bail due to the seriousness of the case, citing a potential maximum fine of €130,000 and five years’ imprisonment. She also expressed concerns about the Mohel’s flight risk, as he had no ties to Ireland and had booked a return flight for the same evening he arrived.
The defense solicitor, Tertius Van Eeden, argued that his client was a trained Mohel, and had been so for over 13 years. He also offered an independent surety of €5,000 and promised that he would not perform any further procedures in Ireland.
However, Judge Michael Connellan refused bail due to the supposed seriousness of the case, potential flight risk, and strength of evidence. Abraham was remanded in custody pending directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and will appear again on August 6th at Cloverhill District Court.
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Is it illegal to make a Bris in Ireland? Or did anything happen to the child?
It appears, that either you have to be registered in Ireland as a Mohel or it was a non-Jewish child, which I can’t imagine. Someone must have informed the police for some dubious reason
So abortion is fine and dandy and legal. But if you birth the baby and circumcise it then you get thrown in jail!
Before anyone gets excited about this case, it is reported (to be verified) that this was not a case of Bris Milah but it was circumcision.
It has been verified by the Chief Rabbi of Ireland:- Rav Yoni Wieder:- that these 2 babies are not Jewish;
R”l, this mohel is a known person, and a professional mohel at that.
He has done so much chesed and does so, there should be an international outcry about this.
Utterly shocking to put it in your words.
Apparently circumcision on minors EVEN FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS is forbidden in Ireland.
I guess there are no yishmaelim YMSH there, or the Irish govt is afraid of them.
1. Is Bis Milah outlawed in Ireland?
2. Is it just Metzitza B’pe that is outlawed?
3. Are they both allowed but this Mohel is not licensed to practice in Ireland?
4. Something else??
Your article says one thing and your headline another. The headline says refused circumcision whereas the article performed an illegal circumcision.
Never mind. I think you just changed your headline.
Muslims who abound in Ireland don’t have their own pros who do milah?! Why would a yid put himself in clear jeopardy to mal a little nochri? Something is strange here.
Is Mila illegal in Ireland?
A bit more explanation might be necessary here, it’s sounding like circumcision is illegal in Ireland. It’s not.
He was arrested seemingly because he wasn’t licensed in Ireland. (Even if he was in his home country)
The photograph is inconsistent with the article.
The photo shows a bris milah.
The article deals with the circumcision of Muslims.
What was the issue?
That the child was Muslim?
Or the circumcision in general?
Muslims do not normally do not normally do circumcisions on babies, and if done on an older child it requires a different skill set, and probably different consent. Where was the mohel from, and what sort of provision does Irish law make for Bris Milah?
Looking at other news sources, it seems he was from the United Kingdom, which no longer includes Ireland (for about a century, and the Irish are very sensitive about this), and since Brexit, people from the United Kingdom are banned from working in Ireland with Irish working papers. There also may have been an anti-Semitic element since most Muslim circumcisions are perform by those without Irish government approvals but are not prosecuted. This is clearly NOT a matter of a country banning Bris Milah, which would be very serious (and given Ireland’s historic support of World War II, when they decided not to support the Allies, would be very controversial).
I know this Mohel Personally, he is a chashuveh yungerman. in his short time that he was allowed to communicate with family, he requested that כלל ישראל should all be מתפלל for the immediate release of יהונתן אשר יהודה בן מיכל. please pass around this name to as many people as possible, and may we see a complete ישועה בקרוב.
Please daven for him.
Yehonason Osher Yehuda ben Michal.
Why is he jeopardizing himself to circumcise a Muslim child.