RIBNOVO, Bulgaria (AP) — On the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from the southwestern corner of Bulgaria flocked to the sleepy mountain village of Ribnovo for a four-day festival of feasting ...

AT least 2,000 traditional surgeons are set to undergo training to enable them safely remove the foreskins off thousands of ...

Some pastors offer circumcision ceremonies as an alternative to older practices involving ancestor worship, misogyny, and dedicating children to demons. Twenty-five 12 and 13-year-old boys and their ...

After US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White accused his host country of antisemitism over its laws regulating circumcision, the Belgian government found itself embroiled in a very public argument. White ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. At least 48 boys died during recent traditional circumcision ceremonies in South Africa, with dehydration and ...

Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove fatal ...

After seven years of waiting, thousands of boys from the Maragoli community are expected to undergo circumcision starting August 1, 2023. Elders have announced that the circumcision rites that will ...

Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress to mark a special occasion -- her circumcision day. At the celebrations attended ...