By that, he meant the practice of clitoridectomy, which is followed in some traditional Islamic cultures.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Speech and hatred at Cal:] Reference

What about MY sacred right to give a clitoridectomy to anyone I choose?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Modest Declaration - Anil Dash] Reference

In the 1860s, he moved on from clitoridectomy to the removal of the labia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bedlam] Reference

They won't tolerate some immigrant cultural practices, like clitoridectomy, but they will accept others.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Leonard Kaplan, victim of a pretty clearly bogus political-correctness scandal in Wisconsin."] Reference

As Uccellina has already said, “… women undergo clitoridectomy and infibulation for similar reasons …”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Such a pussy. « A Bird’s Nest] Reference

In regions where clitoridectomy (female circumcision) is practiced, women have significantly increased medical problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [I. Africa, 1941-2000] Reference

The KCA, supported by its secretary, newspaper editor Jomo Kenyatta, clashed with missions over the Kikuyu practice of clitoridectomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [1922, March] Reference

And he went back to The Times, denying its reporter's claim that mental illness was being treated by clitoridectomy and demanding a correction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:] Reference

Once these clitoridectomy professionals go through their 72 virgins in the first week, will they be virginless for the rest of their eternal days?.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Diary: Osama bin Laden bids $5M for Natalie Dylan Hymen says Why Wait] Reference

Because of fears that African rituals were increasingly being performed in London clinics, clitoridectomy was specifically banned under English law in 1985.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:] Reference

For instance, in Kenya in the 1920s and 1930s, missionaries did not allow their Christianised adherents to practice clitoridectomy a type of female genital operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Female genital operations: culture and health from a feminist perspective « Gender Across Borders] Reference

Should we respect human sacrifice, clitoridectomy, child marriage, suttee, and all the other brutalities that have been perpetrated and glorified in the name of tradition?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philip Slater: Why Should Any Cultural Tradition Demand Respect] Reference

This operation was enough to force the resignation of one of the Home's most distinguished visiting surgeons whose support had given much lustre to the clitoridectomy cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Stothard - Times Online - WBLG:] Reference

In Beijing, after watching a video about clitoridectomy, I helped African women to develop a campaign geared toward educating their governments and their people on the brutality of the procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talia Carner - An interview with author] Reference

Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali has decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I am neither female, nor African ... but still I think maybe the people who agitate (understandably) against this practice would get further if instead of calling it "circumcision" (which is most definitely is not), they called it "clitoridectomy" (or at least it's country cousin, "clitorectomy").    From Wordnik.com.  [Mrs Goundo's Daughter] Reference

They'll be worried about avoiding a clitoridectomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion Forum] Reference

Female genital circumcision is essentially clitoridectomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHE > Latest news] Reference

Blue Cross / Blue Shield had a code for clitoridectomy till 1977.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

A righteous Muslim woman's reward after death is probably a clitoridectomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Health Organisation (WHO) clitoridectomy is a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and is performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Film: They Call Me Muslim] Reference

It's good for a few bad laughs, but you have to be up for a castration, a clitoridectomy, and a lot of symbolism.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Female circumcision which is an old practice by some people is still the norm in these countries and when it is malpracticed it leads to mutilation or clitoridectomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Film: They Call Me Muslim] Reference

Where there is essentially one form of male circumcision, there are at least three recognized female types: Sunna, clitoridectomy, and infibulation, the last being the most extreme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Single women in Muslim countries; patriotic women in war-time Vietnam; African women struggling with clitoridectomy-these women have learned bitter lessons about an enthusiastic yes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com] Reference

And religiously-motivated practices like circumcision for boys and clitoridectomy for girls have increasingly struck people who reject the practices as barbaric mutilation in the service of supernatural delusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles] Reference

As for the horrendous practice of clitoridectomy, it’s often considered a Muslim practice, but my understanding is this isn’t quite true.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The Surge and Afghan Women] Reference

A great ceremonial event extending over a period of many months, and it includes circumcision in boys, and in girls clitoridectomy, as well as, among some tribes, removal of the nymphæ.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society] Reference

There are live debates about whether parents may choose (male) circumcision, clitoridectomy, congenital deafness, marrow donation (perhaps “harvesting” is the better word), and other interventions (see, e.g.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parenthood and Procreation] Reference

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) clitoridectomy is a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and is performed "in cultures where it is an accepted norm, female.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Film: They Call Me Muslim] Reference

"First of all clitoridectomy was advocated by the United States and Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries as ways to protect against lesbianism, masturbation and to prevent hysteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference