Pa Ali,Koto Faal,et al, Al-salaamu alaykum wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu (Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allaah and His blessings). Koto Faal wrote on the 17/3/02: "Pa ali, Thank you for your mail requesting those information, I will be furnishing you with the infor in the near future, the being what you asked could be voluminous and needs a bit of research,......." Brother Koto,while you are engageg in the research,I think Pa Ali could help himself greatly if he could get hold of the following two books:- 1.Islam's Black Slaves By Ronald Segal 2.The Black Diaspora:Five Centuries of the Black experience outside Africa By Ronald segal Both books are published by Atlantic Books in the U.K.If Pa Ali is not resident in the U.K. he will be able to order them Online or through his local book seller.And both books will go a long way in answering his questions and more!! I hope that helps if he is genuinely interested in founding out the answers to his questions. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'Ala helps us all.AMEN With the very best of good wishes, Musa Amadu Pembo Glasgow, Scotland UK. [log in to unmask] Da’wah is to convey the message with wisdom and with good words. We should give the noble and positive message of Islam. We should try to emphasize more commonalities and explain the difference without getting into theological arguments and without claiming the superiority of one position over the other. There is a great interest among the people to know about Islam and we should do our best to give the right message. May Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,guide us all to His Sirat Al-Mustaqim (Righteous Path).May He protect us from the evils of this life and the hereafter.May Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,grant us entrance to paradise . We ask Allaah the Most High, the All-Powerful, to teach us that which will benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allaah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions..Amen. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~