The Star recently ran several articles on the thousands of girls in Canada who are forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation - in most cases shipping them out of the country to perform the ghastly deed. To remove the reference that it's a crime is....well, criminal. You don't HAVE to call it barbaric - although it is. The guide can say that so-called "honour killings" and Female Genital Mutilation are crimes in Canada - punishable by severe penalties.  The Syrian refugee who recently beat his wife bloody with a hockey stick said he "didn't know it was a crime".  Tell it like it is.