The barabrism called female genital mutilation, in which the clitoris is cut or removed from young girls, is on a different scale of horror than male circumcision. Which is why it's good news that Egypt's Grand Mufti has just pronounced that Islam forbids it. Pity a young girl had to die for him to speak up.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/06/fgm-update/227392/
