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Despite being perceived as a practice linked to Islam, organizations such as the World Health Organization deny that female genital cutting has any basis in it, and that any religious texts prescribe it. The organization Human Rights Watch says that the practice of female genital cutting is "erroneously linked" to Islam, and that it is "not particular to any religious faith."<ref name="Newsweek 2016-2-22">{{REFnews
| last=Wescott | first=Lucy | coauthors= | url=http://www.newsweek.com/fgm-compromise-nick-western-countries-429250 | title=U.S. Study Proposes Nicking Genitals as ‘Compromise’ for FGM in Western Countries | publisher=Newsweek | work= | quote=FGM is a cultural practice that has no basis in religion. | date=2016-02-22 | accessdate=2016-02-26
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