Madam Christensen! Being born in The Gambia DOES not make one a GAMBIAN, better yet, just because one of your parents is Gambian, doesn't make you one. To conclude, this wasn't a question of nationalism, but of culture/habits/beliefs/tradition and so forth. GOT IT? Essa --- astrid christensen-tasong <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >From: tester testers <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing > list > ><[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: Religious postings on Gambia-L > >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:48:06 -0800 > > > >Madam/Sir Astrid Christensen-tasong! > > > >Do me a favor. Perhaps you are not in tune with > the > >Gambian culture > > I am Gambian....and entitled to my opinion just as > you are to yours!!! > > or if you are, probably not fine-tuned enough. > > Fine tuned enough... what scale are you > using?.....You lost me right there? > > Let me enlighten you a bit. > > > >First, The Gambia is 87% muslim if not higher > (that's > >a majority vote right there). Although there are > about a few thousand > >christians and other denominations, all of these > faiths have some amount of > >exposure to the religion of Islam. For us to > denounce > >the message of Allah or stop it from reaching its > believers is HORRIBLE, > >period! > > No one is denouncing the message of Allah..We are > all of different faiths > and therefore should be mindful of that. > > Let's not get carried too far away by the freedom of > speech/expression and > so forth. By the way, whoever said there is freedom > of speech. > > My sentiments exactly. You are the one ranting and > raving right now because > I dare have an opinion different from yours! > > You are able to do what you're doing because of > Allah or whoever you believe > in (if you have a belief). > > Absolutely!! > > > A lot of us do use the delete button but I'm sure we > do it with a little > sense of guilt inside (instigated by Satan perhaps). > > I use the button a lot with no guilt!!! > > > But I'm sure if there is a mosque in all of our > neighborhoods, we'll all > dwell to seek religious knowledge. Most of us > including myself, > have already defaulted to Allah since we left our > homeland in search of > western knowledge/power and teachings and forgot our > commitments to Allah. > > There is a mosque in my neighborhood but I choose go > to church. I'm Roman > Catholic. > > For some of us, we perhaps don't even remember the > five pillars of Islam. > The fact of the matter is that we all wished we can > hear those "Njale and > Timiss Nordahs" (to these terms you probably don't > >understand). > > I fully understand because I hear it all the time > when I'm in Gambia. There > is a mosque very close to our house on Pipeline > Road. > > > Be happy this is an online forum and accomodating > your views, but don't > steer too far especially in unknown territory. > > Unknown territory?? I wasn't aware that I was in the > Abyss.... > > Peace, > Astrid/ > > > Remember this saying... and pass it on to Katim > >"The road to hell is paved with good intentions". > >Keep Seeking! > > > >Essa > > > >--- astrid christensen-tasong <[log in to unmask]> > >wrote: > > > It seems from the above that while St. John's > takes > > > their Catholic faith > > > seriously, they are also open to a dialog with > other > > > beliefs. Be that as it > > > may, I thought it prudent that since our list is > > > hosted on their server, we > > > will be advised to be sensitive to their > beliefs, > > > and refrain from using > > > Gambia-L to engage in religious education of > > > whatever form. I think this is > > > a perfectly logical stand to take, especially > > > because I don't think an > > > Islamic group would allow their, say, mosque's > > > public address system to be > > > used to preach Christian sermons. > > > > > > Katim, > > > > > > I'm with you brother!!! I personally found the > > > religious postings a little > > > overboard..I don't recall anyone coming on list > with > > > Latin verses!!! > > > > > > Astrid/ > > > > > > Astrid/ > > > > >______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > > > postings, go to the Gambia-L > > > Web interface at: > > > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! 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