>From: Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Tafsir of President Bush's Message /Mr Pembo >Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 08:33:04 +0100 > >Frinds, >I can tell you that here in Denmark this muslim organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir >is right now under heavy observation. Our State Prosecution investigate if >this organisation can be banned according to our Constitution. It is very >serious. The leader/spokesman for the organisation has been sentenced two >weeks ago for spreading racist threat against the Jews something like "kill >them wherever you find them" a quote from the Koran but here in danish court >said to be a general death-threat against the small jewish societyh in >Denmark. And Danish TV had a program some 5 months back about the >organisation here and in London. >I´m not the right person to judge the organisation. But they are according >to news here in Denmark very radical, and should stay behind many young >frustrated muslims engagement in not only Islam, but also in recruiting to >the more direct confrontation in the worlds focus. These young men live >outside our society and become more and more frustrated, are engaged in >muslim studies, recruited in the mosques, and later fighting what they >believe is the good war for Islam, against Jews, Christians, Israel, US and >the West in general. >Just a comment. Regards from Asbjørn Nordam > > > > Mr Pembo, > > What is the purpose of this forward? I ask because it looks > > eerily different from the kind of useful religious insights you normally > > share with us. George Bush is not a Muslim because he is a declared > > Methodist, but this forward that has warped and patently insidious comments > > spliced into a simple Ramadan greetings strikes me as foolish and > > inappropriate. I don't think we Muslims do ourselves and our faith any good > > if we ascribe substantial importance to demonize people we have political > > problems with and make little effort at propagating the religion which I > > think is our primary responsibility. > > Karamba > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > 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] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~