Circumcision has no place in society

YOU report that Sadiq Khan has been urged to make London a “zero cutting city” to protect girls from the barbaric violence of FGM [April 26]. This would indeed be commendable but we must also remember that male genital mutilation, while not in the same league, is also an abhorrent act that needs eradicating.

Humanity is advanced and enlightened enough now that we can shake off these ancient shackles and follow our faiths without having to wear our beliefs as chains that load us down.

If men choose to subject themselves to such barbarism then so be it — but circumcision of any child is abuse and has no place in a modern society.