At the time, The Gambia Supreme Islamic Council, the main body of Muslim clerics in the country, called for the ban to be scrapped. There are different views in Islam over the practice ...

A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia's parliament by an independent lawmaker. It was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when ...

Imam Yahya Camara, religious cleric and second adviser to the President Sheikh Maminu Jaiteh of the Rawdatul Majalis, has ...

In his Tobaski message, the Amir said the real purpose and spirit of the celebration of Eidul Adha is obedience and ...

Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that ... The vote followed months of heated debate in the largely Muslim nation of less than 3 million people.

In 2015, The Gambia banned female genital mutilation ... His argument is that the procedure is part of being Muslim – a position that many scholars of Islam disagree with).

07/17/2024 July 17, 2024 Where does Islam stand on girls who want to be models? In Gambia, a conservative country with a Muslim majority, a 10-year-old Adama Sillah is gracing the runway while ...

Vocal imams and some lawmakers in the overwhelmingly Muslim country led moves to repeal the ban, which had been initiated in 2015 by Gambia’s autocratic former president, Yahya Jammeh.

The bill is supported by religious conservatives, citing religious purity and cultural values, with Gambia's top Islamic body endorsing the practice as a virtue of Islam. Jaha Dukureh, who ...