Guinea’s Muslim clerics call for end to FGM to help stop Ebola: TRFN

By Misha Hussain GUECKEDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Muslim leaders in Guinea have called on families to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Guinea has the second highest rate of FGM in the world, with around 97 percent of women and adolescent girls cut. In a sermon preached across mosques in the capital Conakry, senior cleric Imam Nabe Sidiki told worshippers that the preventative measures reflected the teachings of the Prophet Mohammad, who said the healthy should not be exposed to disease. “In this period of Ebola epidemic, we must move away from all traditional practices that can be sources of contamination such as female circumcision and ceremonies that accompany the act,” Sidiki’s sermon read.
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