1.   Some would say that female mutilation is different as it is cultural.

2.   In this context, people are said to practice female mutilation as a habit.

3.   Some women argue that female genital mutilation is good because it suppresses sexuality, thereby preserving chastity and preventing promiscuity.

4.   Anyway, for the small group of individuals who made Cairo a landmark in the struggle against female genital mutilation, three things are certainly now in order.

5.   Before the award ceremony, he said he had some advice for others in Africa who have defended the tradition of female genital mutilation.

6.   A month after that gathering, he issued a ruling that female genital mutilation, sometimes called female circumcision, was an Islamic duty.

7.   A projected statistic about the extent of female genital mutilation throughout the world seems out of place.

8.   But the Senate did vote to make female genital mutilation a federal crime in the United States, punishable by up to five years in prison.

9.   Female genital mutilation has become an issue in political asylum cases here.

10.   Female genital mutilation, often referred to as female circumcision, has long been condemned by human rights advocates and health professionals in the West.