Jabou,

I truly want to lay this saga to rest. But for the last time, and for the
record, I have nothing against religious postings as you're suggesting.
Where are you getting that idea from? What I have a problem with, is your
actions contrary to the spirit of the (Islamic) messages you post. So,
please Jabou, LET TRUTH MATTER!

Saul.


>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Hamjatta: Re: On Jabou Joh's Hypocrisy On My Discourse With
>           Halifa
>Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 12:42:36 EST
>
>Saul,
>
>If you are sickened by my religious postings, do one thing, "use your
>delete
>button". BTW, your memorization of the Qur'an did not do you any good.
>On my position Re: the debate with Halifa, IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE WHAT
>MAKES SENSE TO THEM, AND NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO SHOVE DOWN OUR THROATS. LIVE
>WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Now, you, Hamjatta and whoever cares to join you can rant, rave and eat
>your
>hearts out, but l will not undignify myself by engaging you. It is obvious
>you roam this list with razor tongue and an endless barage  of unnecessary
>words, and are clearly in search of another target now that you have
>exhausted the Halifa issue, but you will have to satiate that thirst with
>someone else.
>As for the religious postings, l will quote what my good brother Modou Mbye
>Jabang said on this list earlier on in response to similar remarks,
>"if you do not want to read the postings on Islam, sharpen you delete
>buttons
>folks"
>Good luck in your search for another victim.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
>
>In a message dated 1/16/00 10:20:47 AM Central Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>Jabou,
>
>  There's no need wasting energy on people like this Jabou. I concur with
>all
>  that you've said. I've never been so sickened by someone's behavior. It's
>  not what Jabou said about us that troubled me. It's the things she often
>  does on the List regarding religion.
>
>  I believe religion is a private matter. People who showcase their piety
>have
>  always turned me off somewhat. But for the record, I had completed the
>  entire Lower half of the Quran by the time I was eleven years old - from
>  Suratul Yassin to Bisimilah. It's a family tradition - a throw back to
>our
>  Fula lineage. So, if for nothing else, I know a little bit about Islam.
>And
>  the Quran is very specific about truth. Truth has no name tags! Neither
>does
>  lies. Truth from a one- year old is truth; but a lie from a one-year old
>is
>  a lie; and a lie from an eighty-year old is a lie! No "ands," "ifs," or
>  "buts" about that. "You can't be more catholic than the pope," Edward
>Musa,
>  a lawyer friend of mine from Sierra Leone tells me often. So, no
>particular
>  human being can be older than Allah! For that reason, any truly religious
>  person, faced with an issue (even if it involves one's own father,) will
>  look for the truth, and not the name tag of the parties involved.
>
>  The issues under contention were obvious:
>  1.) Did Halifa Sallah say (contrary to basic logic,)that of an accident,
>or
>  murder, Korro Ceesay had died in an accident? Yes.
>  2.) Did Halifa Sallah campaign for a constitution that has made the
>pursuit
>  of justice very difficult -and totally impossible in some cases, in the
>  Gambia? Yes.
>  3.) Was Halifa Sallah the only opposition figure who said publicly that
>  there was nothing wrong with Yaya Jammeh turning the AFPRC into a
>political
>  party, and running for office? Yes. (If there is anyone else who said
>that,
>  I'm all ears!)
>  4.) Did I personally speak to Halifa Sallah in '96 about publishing an
>  anti-Yaya Jammeh presidential candidature article, in which exchange I
>was
>  left with no doubt about Halifa's loyalties? Yes.
>  5.) Did Halifa Sallah refuse to publish my article, and your's because
>they
>  differ from his views? Yes.
>
>  So, how are we sullying Halifa Sallah's image by asking him to clarify
>what
>  his thoughts were. What is dishonorable about refuting some of the
>totally
>  ridiculous excuses that Halifa has had the nerve to throw at us? How can
>any
>  body with true Islamic faith in him/her label others as "cronies of . .
>."
>  without any regard for the truthfulness of those statements? Why
>shouldn't
>  truth matter?
>
>  But then, if you look at Jabou, you can understand why so many people are
>  turning their back on religion. If people like her, who flaunt their
>piety
>  or whatever, show such open contempt for the truth, who needs religion
>for
>  personal redemption, or salvation? Talk about a sanctimonious fraud! So,
>  don't sweat over her.
>
>  Saul.
>   >>
>
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