Hi Everyone,

I think the Imaam is performing his religious duty. Like the Pope and other
religious leaders do all the time, there is no way in which he can condone
the sort of family planning that is being advocated. The jury is still out
as to whether or not the contraceptive experiment has succeeded. Girls as
young as 11 or 12 are still getting pregnant in countries where
contraceptives should have prevented this from happening, and plans are
underway to make contraceptives freely available to this age-group in
Britain, no questions asked.

Contraceptives are also not without side effects. The 'pill scare' a couple
of years ago, showed that even within the scientific community, there is
disagreement ragarding the safety of the pill. I remember the pharmaceutical
industry had to pay Canadian Professor Spitzer ( or something like that) to
fly round the world assuring people that the pill was safe and that the
conclusions of his research were misintepreted, by British and other
scientists. So the pill is not risk-free. Whatever people decide to do with
themselves, it is up to them, but religious religious leaders are right to
preach what is in the Holy Books. Instead of making contraceptives freely
available, there should be more education about sexual matters.  Cheers.

Momodou


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