Brother Muktarr
This issue has been touched on before several times . I know I have and agree
with you . There should be a separation of any religion from Government House.
But it is too late now .
We can only add a chapel in a room close by to correct it if we can BUT the
question here is which church denomination- Catholic, Anglican, King Church,
Wesley, Baptist , Protestant or the Aladuras?
For the muslims in the gambia it is simple -only one would suffice for all.
Just another view
muktarr jobe wrote:
> YUS,
> I think, most muslims in this list are trying to
> ignore the weekly simmons of the so called imam Fatty.
> It is wrong for the first place to build a mosque at
> the state house. How would We ( muslim ) will feel, if
> a church was built at the state house.It is about time
> for Gambians to do something about it.
> Peace.
> Muktarr.
>
> --- Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I know that religion is a sensitive topic with
> > Gambians, but the fact that
> > the Imam is using the state house as a pulpit for
> > his fiery religious sermons
> > is a bit disturbing. In any country there has to be
> > a fundamental separation
> > between religion and state. My interpretation of
> > the situation is that, the
> > president, realizing the weakness and reverence that
> > our people have for
> > Islam, is using the Imam and Islam as a way to
> > pacify our people and to
> > justify his position. This confuses the masses
> > because, to them, being
> > critical of the regime might be akin to criticizing
> > the religion that 90% of
> > our people follow. This makes it very difficult for
> > the present regime to be
> > removed by any fair electoral process.
> >
> > Furthermore, over the years, there have been many
> > scholars of Islam that have
> > interpreted some parts of the Quran in more liberal
> > ways. The Imam, in my
> > opinion, contrary to some of the scholars of the
> > religion,' is a rigid
> > fundamentalist. This evidenced by his statements
> > against Toubabs and birth
> > control. He has also said that boys and girls
> > should be kept apart in school
> > buses and classrooms. In fact, I read somewhere
> > that Islam is pro-birth
> > control within the confines of marriage. Similarly,
> > there is no
> > justification for his statements that we should not
> > marry people from
> > different religions or cultures. There is no basis
> > for some of the
> > statements he has made.
> >
> > In conclusion, my opinion is that the Imam is
> > walking a very thin line at
> > this point. His fundamentalist religious rhetoric
> > makes him very dangerous
> > because fundamentalists that are involved in
> > politics are bad for any
> > country. In addition, him being used for political
> > means by the present
> > regime is not the Islamic way. It is imperative
> > that our people are given
> > the freedom to express religion freely so that they
> > can distinguish between
> > religion and state.
> >
> > Yus
> >
> >
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