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...

(FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva. The practice is found in some countries of Africa, Asia and...

male circumcision in early Christianity has played an important role in the history of Christianity and Christian theology. The circumcision of Jesus...

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...

involving circumcision. In the case of non-therapeutic circumcision of children, proponents of laws in favor of the procedure often point to the rights of the...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Genital modifications are forms of body modifications applied to the human sexual organs, such as piercings, circumcision, or labiaplasty. The term genital...

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

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

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

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...

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...

(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...

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

Antiochus IV issued an edict outlawing the practice of Judaism, including Sabbath observance, circumcision, and dietary laws. Violations were punishable by...

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...