Yaika, Saiks, and others, why waste your time on Imam Fatty.  This is the
same Imam that lied about some fictitious physician in Senegal that never
existed and the Senegalese media took him on his bluff and he to this day
has not identified that doctor.  In my opinion he is just a hussler that has
a gig at the state house.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Yaikah <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>Subject: Re: Imam Fatty (State House Imam)
>Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 01:58:06 -0800
>
>While reading the most recent issue of the Pride
>Magazine (UK), an article on FGM cited The Gambia as
>"an uncomprisingly Islamic State". I was stunned and
>was actually in the process of writing an article to
>the magazine disputing this fact. This will be
>extremely difficult now though.
>
>As a public health student, I am especially disturbed
>by the fact that there are people out there that
>believe that family planning programs contribute to
>the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  I just don't see
>how!!!! An aspect of family planning programs is of
>course the use of condoms to prevent the spread of
>HIV/AIDS. This has been proven to be quite effective
>although in our African countries, it can be hard for
>women since the most vulnerable do not have much of a
>say in their sexual relations with their husbands.
>
>Yaikah
>--- Ousman Gajigo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Here are some words of "wisdom" from Imam Fatty
> > (from today's Observer) on
> > AIDS, Sharia, pageants, etc.:
> >
> > Fankanta spreads HIV/Aids
> >
> > Alhaji Abdoulie Fatty, the imam of State House
> > Mosque has single out
> > Fankanta, a family planning programme, as a source
> > of spreading the HIV/Aids
> > pandemic in the country. He said the only way to
> > combat the pandemic was to
> > accept the Islamic way of teaching which preaches
> > abstinence from sex before
> > marriage and to always stick to one’s spouse. Imam
> > Fatty said the use of
> > condom could never prevent somebody from having
> > children out of wedlock “as
> > long as one does not abstain from illicit sex.”
> >
> > The imam who was speaking at an Islamic conference
> > at Brikama Kabafita
> > organised by the Daira Dawatul Haq last Wednesday
> > also renewed his attack on
> > immoral dress code and the use of condoms among many
> > “other evil things” as
> > he puts it. “Islam is the only religion that gives
> > full and defined rights
> > to women. Women are God’s own creation who serve as
> > queens in Islam and men
> > have an obligation to feed, care and cloth them,” he
> > said. He also dilated
> > on the status of women before Islam, citing Europe
> > where according to him
> > “women were treated as goods or object of charity.
> > In Western Europe men
> > used to sell women describing them as Satan’s
> > servants.
> >
> > Where did the idea of women empowerment come from?.
> > Islam accords women all
> > their rights.” Immoral dress code Addressing the
> > immoral dress code adopted
> > by young girls, Imam Fatty said only the Islamic
> > sharia could stop such act.
> > He cited Nigeria where the sharia was not proposed
> > by the government, “but
> > by the population of that country”. He urged the
> > youths to fight against
> > “this act of decadence in the country.” Imam Fatty
> > also attacked the issue
> > of beauty pageants in the country, which he
> > described as frequent and a
> > “selection of ugly ladies in our beautiful Gambia”.
> > He called on the
> > relevant authority to condemn beauty pageants in the
> > country “if we want to
> > preserve our long God-given peace we are enjoying.”
> >
> > El Haiba Hydara, the imam of the airport mosque
> > spoke on the importance for
> > Muslims to live a virtuous life. Imam Hydara said
> > parents were solely
> > responsible for today’s social decadence noting
> > that, “all these bad dresses
> > are coming from homes.” He thanked the membership of
> > Dawatul Haq for
> > organising such a conference to create awareness
> > within the Muslim
> > community. Oustass Saloum Darboe also spoke on the
> > importance of prayer in
> > Islam. The conference was attended by Islamic
> > scholars, Arabic students and
> > a cross-section of the Muslim community. Oustass
> > Sheriff Mohamed Lamin
> > Janneh chaired the conference.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>Yaikah M. Jeng
>MPhil/PhD candidate
>LSHTM
>London
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