Ndey,
As i fully agree with you, that it is 100% wrong for men to oppress women, I will disagree with your comparison with Yaya Jammeh. We should respect each other
and discuss issues with understandings to make a relationship function good. Islam is a religion of Justice! If I may interprete these quoted verses to my understanding,
Sura: An-Nisâ 4:58 God commands us to give back trust to those whom they are due, and when we judge between people, to judge with justice
Sura: Al-Hujarât 49:9 God ask us to act justly, and love those who are just.
Sura: Al- Ma^;idah 5:8 God ask us not to let hatred of others make us avoid justice. We should be just !
To my understanding of the above verses, I think one can understand that Islam is totally against injustice. I stand to be corrected, if I am wrong, because people interprete things in different ways and somebody else might be correct.
In the case of Yaya Jammeh, here is a man killing, torturing, oppressing, starving, dividing etc. a whole nation. My dearest sister, Yaya Jammeh`s case to God
cannot be compared with anything on this planet. MUNKAR and NAKIR are waiting for his soul, before going to SIJJIN ( one of the depths of Hellfire ).
Elhadj.
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From: Ndey Jobarteh
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Polygamy/Omar
Omar you wrote,
"However, the point to make in our case is that colonialism was as patriachal
as feudalism. It destroyed the vast majority of matrilineal institutions in
place and generally replaced them with patriachally biased systems of
administration, jurisprudence and production. Colonialism reinforced the the
indigeneous patriachal structures we had to such an extent that by
independence, the status of women had deteriorated significantly to leave
behind a colassal system of patriachy. Thus since our interaction with the
west through colonialism has contributed greatly towards the current
predicament, it would not be wrong for our sisters to borrow from the ideas
of women involved in the liberation movement in the west.
But be aware, even this is a brother's perspective! "
I completely agree with you, all i was saying is that people have the tendancy to label women especially African women who advocate for their rights and condemn the unfair and unequal treatment they have being receiving. It is unfair and wrong for us to condemn Jammeh's dictatorship on the other hand oppress our women. The personal for me is political.
I agree fully with your statement above and as i always say and said before is for me one of the crucial theory of African Feminism which as an African woman cannot talk about feminism in Africa without taking for instance the historical realisation of Africa as a continent and all the things we have gone through as a continent as men and women in this continent. Our history of slavery, colonialism, neocolonialism, globalisation all these have an impact in so many different part of the continent. As women our lives are shaped by these event and they still continue to shape them.
The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh
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