A top US Government official has slammed a British journal's defence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK, warning of the emergence of "parallel societies".
Joining GB News' Charlie Peters in an exclusive interview, Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers - who is a keen free speech activist - also laid into "two-tier Britain", spanning across the justice system and beyond.
Asked whether most of Europe's threats were internal rather than external, Ms Rogers said: "You made a really poignant point when you talked about the emergence of parallel societies in Britain.
"So I'm not a Brit, but I can relay what I observe when I interact with your media and with Brits on the ground, I can observe that your NHS has endorsed incestuous cousin marriage on the ground that migrants do it.
"I can observe that the British Medical Journal recently published a defence of female genital mutilation, something we never thought we'd see in any civilised country."
Earlier this month, the group released an article defending the violent form of abuse, using research from 25 global institutions.
The defence said the condemnation of the practice emerges from "misleading, often racialised, stereotypes" and "Western sensationalism".
Around the world, mostly across Africa, but also regions in Asia and the Middle East, more than 230 million girls and women are subject to the horrific act.
The practice, which involves the cutting or removal of female genitalia for non-medical purposes, has been outlawed in Britain since 1985.
Sarah Rogers laid into the British medical journal's article which defended FGM
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The World Health Organisation condemns the procedure, in addition to most of the West, including children's charity Unicef which says it is "a violation of girls' and women's human rights".
The controversial journal publication reads: "Most affected women themselves rarely use the word 'trauma' to describe their experiences of the practices.
"If they describe the experiences in negative terms, they may use words such as 'difficult' or 'painful'."
"Even if women report unwanted upsetting memories, heightened vigilance, sleep disturbance, recurrent memories or flashbacks during medical consultations, a prior genital procedure may not be the primary cause for their distress."
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The practice, which involves the cutting or removal of female genitalia for non-medical purposes, has been outlawed in Britain since 1985 | GETTYBut Ms Rogers' criticism of Britain did not stop there.
"When we talk about civilisation, we are invoking ties deeper and broader than we'd share with members of the same state or members of the same nation," she told Charlie.
The official added: "When we talk about shared civilisation, we are talking about the free world in the United States and Britain and Europe that came together to beat Hitler, then beat communism.
"We are talking about the kind of society where contracts are enforced fairly, where half the population aren't veiled or mutilated, and where Charlie Kirk and Charlie Hebdo are both allowed to speak.
"There's a parallel part of British society that still wants to live in that kind of world."
"You need to make a choice about what they're going to allow two-tier policing, two-tier court systems, two-tier views of whether women are persons or not.
"I think civilisational self-confidence, which we espouse in our national security strategy, means choosing to be the kind of civilisation Britain historically was.
"And I think could be again," she hopefully added.
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