>From: Oko Drammeh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Preacher banned from Baddibu mosque/Daily observer 24/07 >Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:28:01 +0200 > >Long live the preacher who stood up to the premitive and anti- >social >behavior of Marabouts. > >by saying that : AMULETS REPRESENT PAGAN SYMBOLS. > >The Gambian Opium > >By Oko > >We Gambians are not pagans. We should hold on to our beliefs and >come >clean off the closet. Juju is witchcraft. > >Africans are under fire for our under-developement because of our >laid- >back attitude to life and endless spiritual predictions of the >future. > >Vooodoo, witchcraft and cannibalism  are too common in The Gambia. >This >it is not permitted by Islam and Christianity. We have to make it >unlawful. > >Every one you talk to in The Gambia will talk about a MARABOUT ,a >KORTEH >or a JAMFA to put inflicted on someone mostly friends and family. > >It becomes a way-out of the PRESSURE of poverty by fantasinig the >destruction of your dislikes or enenies or dreaming about their past >time paradise. > >But there is no excuse to these wicked marabouts not being able >bring >Bill Gates to The Gambia to invest in employment or send our teams >to >the world cup and the Olympics or bring in Quincy Jones to market >"Roots >"and and improve our artistic and musical scene .Tthe people of the >Gambia want some kind of change and developement.What can they do to >help in the present state of the country? > >Do the marabouts pay tax? Because they ask for a lot of dollars and >they >may earn more money each month than  Teachers or  Farmers. > >I think that this is practice must be put to The Parliament and made >illegal and Banned with severe concequences for offenders. > >This is the Opium ,the Gambia LSD Drug. > >The future is Education, scientic developement and economic >prosperity. > > >There is Superstitution !!! > >Oko Drammeh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~