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‘“If people are being arrested for practicing F.G.M., then that means they are being deprived of their right to practice religion,” one member of parliament [said]… The most vocal of the Gambian imams, Abdoulie Fatty, has argued that “circumcision makes you cleaner” and has said the husbands of women who have not been cut suffer because they cannot meet their wives’ sexual appetites.’

FGM comes back to Gambia.

Margaret Soltan, March 19, 2024 3:38AM
Posted in: FGM

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