Original sentence: A small hole is left for the girl to urinate and menstruate through.After the procedure is performed the area is sewn up and a scar forms over where the vagina used to be (infibulation).If this procedure isn't performed the girls are shunned by their society which believes that the girls will be possessed by demons, fall into vice, and become prostitutes.It is extremely painful and traumatizing to the child.Many girls die from infection after this procedure.Somalia is one of the leading practitioners of female genital mutilation followed by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Mali.The Somalis hold the belief that girls are made "pure" by having their genitals cut out.The excision is usually performed by a man, usually using nothing more than scissors.The girl's genitals (labia and clitoris) are carved out, scraped off or, in more liberal clans, merely cut or pricked.The procedure generally takes place when girls reach the age of five.This ethnic practice predates Islam, nevertheless it is generally justified through the religion by the practitioners.This, according to the practitioners, ensures that the girl is a virgin on her wedding night
Edited sentence: Somalia is believed (though wrongly) to be one of the leading practitioners of female genital mutilation followed by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Mali.There are very little proof to indicate that this practice though pervasive in other African counties is widely practised in Somalia as is assumed, there have been allegations made by NGO's and UN agencies that indicate this maybe going on however no proper research has been carried out to back up this and other claims and certainly none to make Somalia a leading practioner of this