The Point Monday, November 27, 2000
Imam Baba Leigh Warns Imam Abdoulie Fatty of State House Mosque
  
  
 Imam Baba Leigh of the Kanifing Mosque has warned State House Mosque Imam Abdoulie Fatty to immediately stop his campaign of character assassination directed against him, or else he would seek the full protection of the law. 

According to our sources, a letter to that effect was written by Imam Baba Leigh's lawyer to Imam Fatty, dated November 8, 2000 and copied to the Secretary of State for the Interior and Religious Affairs, the Secretary General Office of the President, President of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council and the President Islamic League. 

The letter indicated that Imam Fatty on one occasion whilst delivering a sermon at the State House, categorically singled him out (Imam Baba Leigh) and alleged that he (Leigh) was paid by the white people and other female activists to preach against the practice of female circumcision. 

On another occasion, the letter revealed, Imam Fatty engaged in a mudslinging campaign when he accused Imam Leigh together with other well-known Islamic scholars namely Imam Muntaha Fye, Omar Manneh and Khalifa Jammeh of spoiling the religion of Islam and misleading Muslims. 

The letter disclosed that Imam Baba Leigh had on several occasions tried to seek redress, when he approached the then Secretary of State for Religious Affairs, Lamin Kaba Bajo, Alhaji Banding Drammeh, the president of the Supreme Islamic Council, Alhaji Dr. Magnum Ceesay, an Islamic scholar and Kebba Landing Sanyang, president of the Gambia Arabic Islamic League, and that he (Imam Baba Leigh) was certain they spoke to Imam Fatty, but to no avail. The letter said Imam Fatty still insists on making attacks and other derogatory remarks at every opportunity. 

The letter stated that Imam Leigh is quite capable of making similar attacks on Imam Abdoulie Fatty's character, but that Imam Leigh views such acts as immature and un-Islamic and would have negative effects on the Islamic religion which all Muslims are duty bound to preserve. The letter, therefore, asked Imam Abdoulie Fatty to stop the derogatory campaign against Imam Baba Leigh's person and character, failing which Leigh would seek the full protection of the law. 
 

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