The first three people ever charged with female genital mutilation in Australia were committed to stand trial at a Sydney court on Friday.

A mother, a retired nurse and a sheikh have been accused of circumcising two girls, aged six and seven, at a Sydney home in 2012.

Auburn Sheikh Shabbir Vaziri had his bail continued after he was committed to stand trial for two counts of being an accessory after the fact to female genital mutilation and with hindering the police investigation. Credit:Emma Partridge

Sex crimes police allege the procedure was done for cultural reasons.

The mother accused of allowing her two daughters to be "cut", stood before Parramatta Local Court clutching a crying baby girl.