An Islamic sect community leader is the first person to be imprisoned over female genital mutilation in Australia.

But a mother and a former nurse involved in the female genital mutilation of two sisters, aged six and seven, have been spared jail.

Shabbir Mohammedbhai Vaziri has been sent to jail for a minimum of 11 months. Credit:Daniel Munoz

They will instead serve a minimum of 11 months' home detention.

On Thursday, NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Johnson sentenced Shabbir Mohammedbhai Vaziri, 59, to a minimum 11 months' jail and maximum 15 months for being an accessory after the fact.