Hi Michelle,

Sorry I could not make it today. Please review my outline again. I have
made the suggested changes.


Thanks,

Serign.




--On Saturday, July 31, 1999, 10:39 AM +0000 momodou njie
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I take  Habib's point about Muslim women not changing their surnames after
> marriage, although some, probably under the influence of other cultures,
> do. I was not thinking about religion when I posted the article - I just
>   found it a bit funny.But this is not to suggest that the subject is not
> important. I have been for quite a while interested in it myself, and
> that may explain my feeling. I know, however, that there are many Muslims
> in The Gambia who are identified by their mothers, instead of fathers.
> That is why we have such names as Modou Kumba,Katim Lolly, Ebou Sohna and
> so on. This way of naming people my not conform with practices that
> obtain in the Gulf states or elsewhere in the Muslim world, but these
> people are still Muslims. Here again we need to distinguish between what
> is Islam and what is Gambian / African culture. Let us remember that many
> societies in African were actually matrilineal before the advent of
> Christianity and Islam, and elements of this past can still be found in
> the way we do certain things. Cheers.
>
> Momodou
>
>
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