SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS PRESIDENT DECLAREs GAMBIA AN "ISLAMIST STATE"

The President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh who has ruled Gambia with iron fist since he seized power in the year 1994 after a successful military coup has gone ahead to declare the West African Country an " ISLAMIC STATE" also stressing that the christain minority would be respected and that women would not be held to a dress code.

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“Gambia’s destiny is in the hands of the Almighty Allah. As from today, Gambia is an Islamic State. We will be an Islamic state that will respect the rights of the citizens”, he was quoted as saying on the presidential website, as he adress supporters at Brufut yesterday.
An impoverished former British colony nestled within Senegal, famed for its white-sand beaches, the Gambia has a population of nearly two million, 90 percent of whom are Muslim.
Of the remainder, eight percent are Christian and two percent are defined as having indigenous beliefs.
Jammeh, 50, a military officer and former wrestler from a rural background, has ruled the country with an iron fist since he seized power in a coup in 1994.
He cultivates the image of a practising Muslim, and is often seen holding a Koran or prayer beads, and of promoting an aura of mysticism.
Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch branded his regime one of the most repressive in the world, blaming paramilitaries and secret police for torture, disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
In 2013, Jammeh withdrew his country from the Commonwealth, saying it represented “an extension of colonialism”.
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