Here is a heavy topic,

Female gentile Mutilation continues all throughout the world, and on Wednesday the United Nations observed the annual zero tolerance day for FGM.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/02/07/15815

The issue is that FGM clash two significant ideologies that clash when governing a country, Religion versus Culture. How can Religious traditions run a Democratic state- to which has the interests of all religions? It cannot, and that’s the current problem at hand. “(FGM) is shocking and inhumane to much of the world but remains a tradition among a significant minority.” Despite a country’s political ideologies, it has become important to the UN to diminish the problem completely. In December 2012 there was a unanimous adoption of the resolution on “Intensifying Global Efforts for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilations.” The UN is focuses on stopping the action in many middle eastern countries still exercising their “religious right” to do this procedure on women. Now the question I brought up is the question of Democratic freedom. If we implemented Democratic regimes in these countries with this religion as their county’s identity- would this inhumane crime stop? Conversely, I don’t think so- because democracy has been implemented and attempted to activate  in several middle eastern countries (whether successful or not) In this regions’ circumstances  one cannot separate their political structure from religion, the two ideologies, and spheres of influence are intermingled. As long as their politics are ruled by the religion  these crimes will still be applicable until religion and state are split and separate entities of the country. My point here, is that the UN should be focused on this task- taking religion out of the political freedoms/rights of humans as seen in democracy and separate religion from the political structure- so these women have a shot at exercise THEIR political freedoms. Implementing to these middle eastern/asian countries that FGM is political crimes rather than elements of their culture. Better yet, making it illegal world wide, such as Shark fishing (don’t get me started on that subject) could the numbers of cases FGM slowly decrease.