In Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso (to name two countries I know about) the practice of female genital mutilation has quite recently been banned, and the Police do indeed raid villages and check on girls, with special nurses in schools etc. Offenders are sent to prison (a terrible fate, as they are usually a death trap) But male circumcision (no matter how cruelly conducted) is still seen as essential, among Muslims and Christians alike. Many less-modern tribes throughout Africa who are animists also require it to be done. For them, it seems not to be a particularly religious practice but a cultural one, giving an opportunity to demonstrate courage and manhood.