>From: "omar joof" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] [Fwd: Jammeh: YDE belongs to me] >Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 03:33:16 +0000 > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "omar joof" ><[log in to unmask]> ] > > >" Islam has been personalised, regionalised, nationalised and tribalised", >the president of the Gambia Yaya Jammeh is quoted to have said. I may not >be competent to comment on religious matters, since religion is not my area >of specialisation, but by making the foregone assertion, President Jammeh >betrays his ignorance of what constitutes Islam so ignominously, that I am >tempted to comment. Fundamentally, "Islam" means submission to the will of >Allah. Allah is not personal, regional, national or "tribal". Besides, the >Muslim Umma in the Gambia is one of the most homogeneous in the world. Can >President Jammeh identify any mosque in the Gambia which accepts only >certain individuals, and bars the rest from attending prayers there? >Gambian muslims generally speaking, do not take orders from marabouts. To >say Islam has been "tribalised" in the Gambia, is the most preposterous >assertion anyone can make. Can he tell us of a mosque in the Gambia where >persons belonging to a particular ethnic group only go to worship, and >others are barred from doing so? Even by using the term "tribalised", >president Jammeh shows how unprogressive and unschooled he is! >"What is happening in this country is "haram", particularly in business." >President Jammeh should be informed that Gambian businesses are not run by >islamic law or "sharia". The fundamental law in the Gambia has absolutely >nothing to do with islam. Even the legal requirements for the establishment >of businesses have nothing to do with Islam. When business enterpreneures >are corrupted, it is not because they have been adhering to the dictates of >Islam. Indeed, no person is ever deemed corrupt because she or he belongs >to a particular religion. I am really curious to know why Yaya Jammeh uses >every muslim feast as an occasion to lambast Gambian muslims. And he does >this to muslims only! He should be informed that the Gambia's economic woes >do not emanate from the fact that some of us are muslims! >"The problem in the country is not the economy but greed and >mercilessness." Is this assertion representative of the majority of >Gambians? It is those who have more than their legal income, that can be >justifiably accused of greed. More than sixty-five percent of Gambians are >deemed to be below the poverty line and president Jammeh knows this. Poor >and suffering Gambians expect something better from their head of state, >who is in fact on their pay role to improve their lot! In the context the >statement is made, it can safely be concluded that president Jammeh meant >to say that Gambians are greedy because they are Muslims, which means >therefore that muslims by their nature are greedy. There can be nothing >farther from the truth! President Jammeh should be reminded that Gambians >are daily witnesses to the wealth the top brass of the A(F)PRC (including >himself) displays. They cannot tell Gambians, and Gambian muslims for that >matter, that they all became so filthy rich because they have been adhering >to the fundamental tennets of Islam. In fact, a president who ignorantly >betrayed his greediness by telling the whole world that (after being >president for only seven years) even his grandchildren will never suffer; >told the whole world that after giving him funds for the state, foreign >governments do also give him his share, has no moral justification to >insult Gambian muslims. President Jammeh and his cohorts are indeed the >greediest politicians we have seen in the Gambia since independence. They >cannot insult muslims, because they are not better muslims than the people >at whom he is directing his insults. President Jammeh's government presided >over the summary execution of officers and men of the Gambia national army >without going through the due process of the law; it presided over the >inhuman murder of a state minister; it presided over the brutal murder of >peacefully demonstrating students; and it continually presides over the >looting and dislocation of our national economy, yet president Jammeh has >the audacity on the ocassion of the blessed feast of Eid Mubarak, to blame >our woes on Islam and Muslims? >President Jammeh opined, "This is why we Muslims suffer more than people of >other religions". Is this true? Do people suffer because they belong to a >particular religion? And he claims to be a muslim, but is he suffering more >than people of other religions? Oh WHAT A SHAME! What a shame indeed. But >on second thought, it seems to me that this is all deliberate. Since July >22nd 1994 this man has been insulting Gambian muslims. He utters the very >words the enemies of Islam are directing against muslims and the religion >of God. Insulting muslims and denegrating the religion! Is he one of us? >Omar Joof. > >>From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: [>-<] [Fwd: Jammeh: YDE belongs to me] >>Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:10:51 +0100 >> >> >><< message3.txt >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > > > > >----------------------------gambiapost.NET------------------------------ >------LATEST NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA, NOW AT:>>------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/newspaper >-------------ACCESS TO OUR ARCHIVE AT:>>----------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/signon.php >(password is : freedumo ) >--------CHAT WITH FELLOW GAMBIA POSTERS>>---------- >http://65.18.147.105/chat/index.php >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be sure to contact List Management for (un)subscription requests by e-mail >addressed to: [log in to unmask] or simply follow our DIY directions >at: http://www.gambiapost.net/unsubscribe.htm >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >©2002 Our Guiding Principle : "Va, pensiero", "Let thought(s) fly forth" >------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. 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