41. These procedures are often referred to as female circumcision . 42. Mrs . Halima Embarek Warzazi said of women allowing their daughters to undergo female circumcision . 43. The medical effects of female circumcision can be devastating, including shock, hemorrhaging, incontinence and infection. 44. There she encountered the Maasai people who invited her to witness a female circumcision ceremony. 45. Female circumcision , still common in American allies like Egypt and Nigeria, is absent in Iraq.46. Their religion, Hinduism, mentions nothing of female circumcision . 47. Female circumcision had been imposed on about one-fifth of the girls in the West African country.48. Kenya's main ethnic group, the female circumcision controversy. 49. Think : Documentary on female circumcision in Kenya. 50. Although female circumcision is not prescribed in the Koran, it is most commonly practiced by Muslims.