11.   Despite her abhorrence of female genital cutting, for example, she said she does not try to stop it.

12.   For the Sierra Leoneans, genital cutting is part of an elaborate, highly secret initiation rite.

13.   From the beginning, he said, the focus was on the genital cutting of girls.

14.   He has condemned the practice of female genital cutting, which has no basis in Islam but is widely practiced in Egypt, particularly in rural areas.

15.   He agreed to discuss the tradition of genital cutting one more time, showing the way to his austere, cement-floored living room.

16.   He also shielded his daughters from genital cutting.

17.   He said genital cutting was done because his forefathers had done it.

18.   It is a grand name for a small group of volunteers who fight ingrained cultural practices like forced marriage, polygamy and genital cutting.

19.   It directed federal health agencies to develop a plan to reach out to the immigrant communities and educate them about the harm of genital cutting.

20.   It was the first time a federal court had supported an asylum petition based on a fear of genital cutting.