On a slight thread drift I feel that it is necessary to divorce "cultural practices and preferences" from the freedom to practice any World religion. The tradition of female genital cutting is banned in the UK, even on elective surgery undertaken by mature women, although this is not so in all counties.
In attempting to avoid "Western cultural imperialism" I feel we are sometimes in danger, of being unable to discuss issues that are important to a country of many and varied cultures; or, even worse, reducing genuine attempts to the butt of satire in the same way that the initial concept of using language that was not deliberatly demeaning of any gender, race or creed resulted in the insistance on non-use of such words as manhole cover!