brother muhammad , this is a very useful reminder to all who are interested in 
being reminded.
but with all the goodness in your forward and opinion ,the Gambia is a secular 
state and for that matter religion be it islam or christian is a private issue.
there are some scholars like Bakasou Fofana who did a very good lecture on 
the respect of human rights and the trementdious work load our women are 
under taking.
he admonish that we as Gambian should learn fast from what happen in 
neigbouring countries eg ,sierra leon. liberia ,bissau and even cassamace. this 
is as result of the silence marjority . but if an imam stood up now to comdenm 
yahya ,who will be his supporter ? every voice need a listener and a 
backer .we are secular in all our dealings ,for that matter religion is a 
backbuner .from our intellectuals to the ordinary civil servants ,we care less 
what happen after life. may be the sayings of max have affected us. he said '' 
religion scholars are for the less intelligent folks and the poor but phylosophers 
are for the intelligent and the rich ,because phylosophers talk in intellectual 
language. '' we resent religious talking people, we term them as some moralist  
who  may even be a hypocret .
scholars can strive to stand the worldly leaders but they most first see 
that,they will be supported and in our case ,just like the case of the men in 
the media ,we will abandon them .
brother muhammad take a look at the average Gambian wetsern educated 
person and put him on the spot to answer some basic islamic 
doctrines ,he/she may struggle with the very foundation in understanding 
simple rules. when we attend weddings ,naming ceremonies ,burials etc we 
pass on the responsilities to the socall arabic scholars .what about us ? we 
think ,well it is for them ,it is their job .we are all equal in the eye of God .the 
worldly things ,we never pass that on ,we take charge.religion can play a big 
role in reducing the rate of suffering ,but we don't know how to use it ,we use 
the system we are familiar with SECULAR SYSTEM ,MAY BE ONE DAY THAT 
WILL WORK .May God help us.

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