A Muslim youth leader declared 'Islam is the most feminist religion' after going on a taxpayer-funded trip to nations in Africa and the Middle East where girls are circumcised and women are stoned to death for adultery.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied, who describes herself as a so-called Sharia fighter for human rights, was born in Sudan where the vast majority of girls are surgically violated so they are unable to experience sexual pleasure as women.

However, the 25-year-old political activist and author has been silent on the issue of female genital mutilation which the United Nations is campaigning to end by 2030.

Unlike her, Somali-born writer and Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali has highlighted the issue as a woman who was circumcised as a girl.

This former Dutch lawmaker and refugee is touring Australia in April to promote the need for women's rights and free speech in the Muslim world.

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Ms Abdel-Magied shared a series of photographs on Instagram while she was on tour, including an image taken with a group of women at the Ahfad University in Sudan

Yassmin Abdel-Magied promoted her tour of the Middle East and Africa on her Facebook page

Unlike Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Somali-born writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali (pictured) has highlighted violations against women and girls in the name of Islam. She is touring Australia in April

WHAT IS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION? PRACTICE PERFORMED IN 30 MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATIONS Female genital mutilation is common in Muslim-majority nations and involves the removal a girl's clitoris so she can't experience sexual pleasure as an adult, often with dirty metal instruments by someone who isn't a surgeon. More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been circumcised in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated, the World Health Organisation says. The WHO says this human rights violation has no health benefits, and is practised in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Indonesia and Malaysia. Muslim migrants in western nations have also been known to illegally arrange for their daughters to be cut. It threatens the lives of women during childbirth and also newborn babies. It also creates lifelong complications for women during menstruation and urination, and leaves scar tissue. The United Nations is seeking to eradicate female genital mutilation by 2030. Advertisement

Female circumcision is widespread in Muslim majority nations, from Somalia and Nigeria in Africa, to Yemen in the Middle East and Asian democracies Indonesia and Malaysia.

A UNICEF report in 2014 found nine out of 10 Sudanese women aged 15 to 49 had been circumcised.

Last week was the United Nations' International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Abdel-Magied has has failed to directly address female genital mutilation or women being stoned to death for adultery in the United Arab Emirates and oil-rich Saudi Arabia under Sharia law.

Abdel-Magied embarked on a speaking tour through Sudan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia in November 2016 which the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded, The Australian reported.

The founder of Youth Without Borders declared on the ABC's Q&A program on Monday night that 'Islam is the most feminist religion' during a fiery clash with Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie over Sharia law.

The next day, Abdel-Magied released a YouTube video addressing how women are banned from driving in Saudi Arabia, arguing this was a cultural not religious issue as other Muslim nations did not have such restrictive laws.

Girls in Ethiopia shared female genital mutilation following a successful project to end it

A woman is flogged in the Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005 under a Sharia law punishment for gambling

A woman in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyah catches a taxi because she isn't allowed to drive

'I'm not going to deny it: some countries run by Muslims are violent, sexist and do oppress their citizens,' she said.

'But again that's not down to Sharia, that's down to the culture, and the patriarchy and the politics of those particular countries.

'I follow Sharia, and my interpretation of that means that I must also fight for people's human rights.'

During her tour, Ms Abdel-Magied also visited Kuwait, Jordan, Israel and Egypt.

A UNICEF report in 2014 found nine out of 10 Sudanese women had been cut

Women are often sentenced to death by primitive methods in much of the Muslim world, where a woman's word is worth less than that of a man in court.

Stoning for adultery is legal punishment for adultery in several Muslim nations including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, Iran and the Aceh province of Indonesia.

Females are also caned for having sex with a man they aren't married to across the Muslim world.

A woman at Banda Aceh, in Indonesia, was flogged 100 times last year as she was forced to kneel on the ground in front of a crowd.

Activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied (pictured in Jordan on her book tour last November) went on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Middle East and North Africa to promote her book, it has been claimed

The 25-year-old activist was caught in a fiery exchange with Jacqui Lambie (right) on ABC's Q&A after the Tasmanian senator called for all supporters of Sharia Law to be deported

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) did not say how much money the trip cost, and told News Corp Ms Abdel-Magied visited the countries 'to promote Australia as an open, innovative, democratic and diverse nation'.

On Monday night, she explained why she believed Islam was 'the most feminist religion'.

'We got rights well before the Europeans, we don't take our husbands last names because we ain't their property... the fact is, what is culture is separate to what is faith,' Ms Abdel-Magied said.

But Senator Lambie interjected, shouting out: 'The fact is we have one law in this country and it is the Australian law. It is not Sharia Law. Not in this country, not in my day.'

Ms Abdel-Magied returned fire, stating: 'In Sharia it says you follow the law of the land which you are on - so don't try to tell me you know anything about my religion.'

Promoting her book about being an Australian Sudanese-born woman who wears a hijab, she blogged last November about her upcoming tour trip around North Africa and the Middle East

Ms Abdel-Magied posing for the camera outside media company Al Jazeera HQ while on tour

Promoting her book about being an Australian Sudanese-born woman who wears a hijab, she blogged last November about her upcoming tour trip.

'I'm incredibly honoured to be hosted by the Australian Embassies... I'll be visiting a number of countries, and although not all stops have public events I will do my best to make time to meet people inshallah,' she wrote.

'If you can come to any of the public sessions though, I would LOVE to see you there!'

Ms Abdel-Magied shared a series of photographs on Instagram while she was on tour, including an image taken with a group of women at the Ahfad University in Sudan.

'@ahfad_university50 was a blast! Mashallah, amazing women doing awesome things. Keep at it!' she wrote in the caption.

On Monday night, Ms Abdel-Magied (pictured at Sydney's Bondi Beach) got into a heated dispute with Ms Lambie who called for all supporters of Sharia Law to be deported

The youth leader made headlines after she clashed with Jacqui Lambie over Sharia law

The young author enjoyed an Iftar feast to celebrate the end of the holy feasting monthof Ramadan alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Waleed Aly and his wife Susan Carland in June last year

From Abu Dhabi she posted: 'Among meeting some amazing women in government and seeing the grand mosque, had the opportunity to address almost 200 female engineers ... Hopefully it has an impact inshallah!'

Following her talks, she was praised for her events, with one Twitter user saying: 'What an awesome speech. Thank you Yassmin for the valuable advice and for being such an inspiration to the Sudanese youth.'

Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for comment.