In Sydney, a couple are being charged with performing FGM on their 2 daughters.

In Sydney, a couple are being charged with performing FGM on their 2 daughters.

The couple, ages 42 and 35, has several co-accused including a 58-year-old sheikh who was charged with being an accessory to the genital mutilation. Court records said the sheikh told locals in the past months to lie to investigators about the practice of female circumcision in their community.

Link: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/388460/20120927/islamic-sydney-doctor-wife-deny-genital-mutilation.htm#.UHQ3zRgaryf

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