He received the first Human Rights Award from the International Symposium on Circumcision (ISC) in 1991 and was quoted saying, "My own preference, if I had the good fortune to have another son, would be to leave his little penis alone".
و قد حصل على جائزة حقوق الانسان الاولى من الندوة الدولية حول الختان ISC في 1991 و لقد صرح بقوله " اذا كان من حسن حظي ان يكون لدي ابنا اخر ، لترك قضيبه الذكري.