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The West African Humanist Network has condemned attempts by Muslim clerics and parliamentarians to repeal the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia. According to the organisation, the move constitutes a threat to democracy and women's rights in the country. The government of The Gambia outlawed the practice in 2015. A BBC report said the then president, Yahya Jammeh, had stated that the practice was incompatible with Islam.
Parliamentarians in The Gambia should propose bills looking forward, not backward, protecting the rights of women and girls, not undermining their reproduction rights and health in the name of religion, in this case, Islam.