WHO (World Health Organization) Types of Female Genital Cutting:
Female genital cutting is “term used to refer to any practice which includes the removal or the alteration of the female genitalia.”[5]:
Type I: This is the mildest form of FGC, which includes removing or splitting the prepuce (foreskin or ‘hood’) which covers the clitoris of females, thus exposing the glans. This may be couple with partial or total excision of the clitoris. This is known as
clitoridotomy (slang: hoodectomy). According to the United Nations Population Fund, this form is comparable to male circumcision.[7] This is sometimes also called “
sunna circumcision” due to the fact that it is this type which is performed commonly by those Muslims who believe it to be legislated in Islam.
- Type Ia, removal of the clitoral hood or prepuce only; WHO refers to this type as "female circumcision".
- Type Ib, removal of the clitoris with the prepuce.
Type II: In this type, known as
clitoridectomy, the clitoris and labia minora is partially or totally removed.
Type III: This is
one of the most extreme forms of FGC, involving the
total excision of the clitoris, both the labia minora and majora, and the joining of the two sides of the vulva across the vagina, sewn with thread or secured with other items, until it heals joining together. Only a small, pencil-size hole is left to allow passage of menstrual blood and urine. This is known as
infibulation or
Pharaonic Circumcision, in reference to its origins.
Type IV: This type is inclusive of all other forms of genital cutting, such as: pricking, piercing or incision of the clitoris and/or labia; stretching of the clitoris and/or labia; cauterization by burning of the clitoris and surrounding tissue; introcision, scraping (angurya cuts) or cutting (gishri cuts) of the vagina or surrounding tissue; and introduction of corrosive substances or herbs into the vagina.
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It is key to note, however, that it is
only this first type which some of the scholars regarded as commendable, which is the clipping of the prepuce until the glans becomes visible, or less. This procedure is harmless and has no detrimental effects upon women, and is similar to the circumcision of men, as mentioned previously, thus calling it "mutilation" is just a manifestation of ignorance.
http://www.islamreligion.com/article...-islam-part-2/
It's of note that wiki and similar secular and Christian sites try to force the word "mutilation" for both male and female circumcision and that exposes their anti-Islamic agenda.