Hey Man, What on earth are you talking about? What is your definition of one being a Gambian or any Nationality for that matter? I don't get it please clarify. Please do not jump yourself into some issue that you do not have a solid clue on where you are heading. She can express her own opinion too. Be it a Gambian ( on your own terms and definition), or the universal definitions, which are very similar. And take this hint: Do not point your fingers at someone you do not know, my friend! I hope you got it! Peace King Solomon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "tester testers" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:42 PM Subject: Re: Religious postings on Gambia-L > 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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