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Jul 4, 2026
Last updated · breadth-only
Research note: Comoros DEEP_BUILT 2026-07-01. Morris 2016 PMC4772313 (DHS 2012-2013): 99.4%. ~98% Shafi'i Sunni; Shafi'i khitan = WAJIB (obligatory) — strictest Sunni position. HONEST GAPS: ceremony name/age/island variation NOT confirmed by any peer-reviewed source. HIV ~0.01% extremely low. NOT VMMC priority. Sources #1077-1084. 0 verified incidents. UNREGULATED. Female cutting STRICTLY SEPARATE.
Research claims
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Legal status
UnregulatedNo Comoros statute, decree, or regulation specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision. Comoros applies a mixed legal system (French civil law, Islamic sharia, and customary law from the three islands). Male circumcision is near-universal as a Shafi'i religious obligation (wajib). No prohibition or mandatory-procedure law was identified. Female genital cutting has historically existed in Comoros and is a separate and legally distinct matter; it must not be conflated with male circumcision.
Legal status currently uses the default global entry and still needs country-specific review.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for KM.
This absence should not be read as proof that harm does not occur — only that no verified, sourced case has been documented in this database yet.