As the saying goes in Mandinka "fankanta mang jawuyaa".  What's the big deal
then about contraception?

Let Imam Fatty also speak against the men who under cover of darkness carry
out their immoral acts with prostitutes or men who use condoms because they
cannot abstain from their wives during breast-feeding or just simply don't
want to have more children.

The Ahmaddis have left an indelible mark in the history of education in The
Gambia.  Until 1983, there was only one high school outside the greater
Banjul  area, Armitage High School.  Parents in the provinces  had the
option of choosing either Armitage, which was already overcrowded and
under-funded or any of the schools in Banjul, where these poor children
would often be alienated and subjected to difficult conditions of
transportation or accomodation.

In October 1983, the Ahmaddis opened Nasir Ahmadiyya Muslim High School in
Basse, soon to be followed by other high schools in Mansakonko and
Farafenni.  In all their institutions, the Ahmaddis encourage the study and
practice of Islam by building mosques on their school grounds and by
enforcing a Muslim dress code.  I have even known them to offer financial
assistance to needy students.

When a Muslim walks into an Ahmaddi medical centre to have his tooth
extracted he doesn't say on a second thought, "oh, wait; take your hands out
of my mouth, you infidel". For in pain we tend to ignore our religious
colours.

Most people fail to emulate an element of divine democracy: exercising
tolerance towards others.




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