How common was circumcision among the Pre-Islamic Arabs? We can safely assume that Christian tribes, namely the Banu Hanifa and the Banu Taghlib , would have abhorred the practice, but what about the rest? What about the Quraysh?

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TheOneFreeEngineer

Tangential question, why would assume those Christian tribes would abhor it?

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