Gambia's Yahya Jammeh bans female genital mutilation

The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has banned female genital mutilation (FGM) saying it is not required in Islam.
 AFP reports says This information  was met with a huge applause.

 That consisting in:  After removing the  clitoris, the genitals are cut and stitched closed so that the woman cannot have  sex.

FGM, is painful, lead to tetanus, gangrene, HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C and effective sterilisation.

Types of FGM
•Clitoridectomy, Excision, Infibulation, Anatomy of female genital mutilation.


I think that is not normmally, because women should have freedom, Do not believe that a religion says this, since I knows the Muslim religion, and does not say that.

Vocabulary:
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sterilisation: http://www.wordreference.com/definition/sterilisation

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