Burkina Faso: Muslim Leaders Agree to Promote Family Planning

Ouagadougou — On the eve of World Population Day, Muslim leaders agreed to promote family planning among their followers at a meeting of the country's principal Islamic organisations in the capital's main mosque.

"The debates were fruitful. We explained to everybody that Islam was not against family planning and even recommended it", Maiga Aboubakary, secretary-general of the Burkina Faso Islamic Organisation in Population and Development (RBOIPD), told IRIN.

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