Commentary for Avodah Zarah 52:10
וסבר ר"מ עובד כוכבים לא ורמינהו עיר שאין בה רופא ישראל ויש בה רופא כותי ורופא עובד כוכבים ימול עובד כוכבים ואל ימול כותי דברי ר"מ רבי יהודה אומר ימול כותי ואל ימול עובד כוכבים
Does then R. Meir hold that a non-Jew is not [to be allowed to circumcise]? But the opposite is proved by the following: In a town where there is no Jewish physician, but there is a physician who is a Samaritan and one who is a non-Jew, let the non-Jew circumcise and not the Samaritan, the words of R. Meir. R. Judah said: Let the Samaritan circumcise and not the non-Jew.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
In a case where the circumcision can be done only by a non-Jew or a Samaritan (a group similar to the Jews, but with a different center of worship), R. Meir says that the non-Jew should circumcise and not the Samaritan. This is probably because the Samaritan has the wrong intent, whereas the non-Jew has no intent. R. Judah allows the Samaritan but not the non-Jew, probably because the Samaritan is in some ways a Jew. In any case, this proves that R. Meir does allow a non-Jew to circumcise a Jew.
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