Circumcision likely has ancient roots among several ethnic groups in sub-equatorial Africa, Egypt, and Arabia, though the specific form and extent of...

Circumcision is a procedure that removes the foreskin from the human penis. In the most common form of the operation, the foreskin is extended with forceps...

Religious circumcision is generally performed shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision for religious...

The prevalence of circumcision is the percentage of males in a given population who have been circumcised, with the procedure most commonly being performed...

Male circumcision has been a subject of controversy for a number of reasons including religious, ethical, sexual, and medical. During the late 19th and...

Arabic term for circumcision, and the Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. Male circumcision is widespread in...

genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. FGM prevalence...

Forced circumcision is the circumcision of men and boys against their will. In a biblical context, the term is used especially in relation to Paul the...

Circumcision surgical procedure in males involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device...

The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke chapter 2, which states: And when eight days were fulfilled...

circumcision, some dating back to ancient times, have been enacted in many countries and communities. In the case of non-therapeutic circumcision of children...

The circumcision controversy in early Christianity played an important role in Christian theology. The circumcision of Jesus is celebrated as a feast day...

Circumcision has played a significant cultural, social, and religious role in various global cultures over the course of world history. This has subsequently...

Male circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from HIV positive women to men in high risk populations. In 2020...

Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית‎, Yiddish: [bʁɪs]) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism,...

Circumcision in Africa, and the rites of initiation in Africa, as well as "the frequent resemblance between details of ceremonial procedure in areas thousands...

slave boys. Coptic castration of slaves was discussed by Peter Charles Remondino, in his book History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the...

in eighteenth century France". History of Circumcision. Retrieved 16 December 2016. Hodges FM (1999). "The History of Phimosis from Antiquity to the Present"...

(1891). HISTORY OF CIRCUMCISION FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT. Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance, with a HISTORY OF EUNUCHISM...

of several relics attributed to Jesus, consisting of the foreskin removed during the circumcision of Jesus. At various points in history, a number of...

a lack of sensation in the nerves of the glans penis, which may or may not be related to external factors, including a history of circumcision. Some researchers...

p. 259. ISBN 978-1317458364. Remondino, Peter Charles (1891). History of circumcision, from the earliest times to the present Moral and physical reasons...

when circumcision or other measures are considered impractical or undesirable.[citation needed] Since superincision and circumcision are both forms of genital...

Jewish families that involve rejecting the traditional Jewish rite of circumcision. Brit shalom is recognized by secular Jewish organizations affiliated...

(1891). History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present. F. A. Davis & Co. pp. 78–79. Money-Kyrle, R. (1930). The Meaning of Sacrifice...

not require circumcision of its followers. Yet, some Orthodox and African Christian groups do require circumcision. These circumcisions take place at...

pp. 158–59 Fraser 2002b, p. 156. "Circumcision and phimosis in eighteenth century France". History of Circumcision. Retrieved 16 December 2016. Cronin...

is the process of expanding the skin on the penis to reconstruct an organ similar to the foreskin, which has been removed by circumcision or injury. Foreskin...

to the penis, including circumcision and piercings. The penis is homologous to the clitoris in females. Three main parts of the human penis include:...

Intercision-Circumcision: His Dark Materials, a disturbing allegory of genital mutilation History of Circumcision. Lenz, Millicent (2005). His Dark Materials Illuminated:...