Greetings, all, I still don’t exactly see why Ba Kawsu
Foffana (sorry if the spelling of his name was wrong) was stripped of his
“ability” for lack of a better word that I can think of at the moment, to lead
prayers, lecture, etc. Unless it was because he called out the SIC for
what it is, another stooge organization for Jammeh, and also some disagreements
about moon sighting, etc., with the SIC seeming to want to follow Makkah / Saudi
Arabia. Which is maybe why Suntou is wanting to make the exception for Ba
Kawsu, because I recall Suntou coming on here and talking about how certain ways
that Gambians practice Islam are wrong, etc. And it was right out of a
Salafi/Wahhabi handbook it seemed as to why all of the vast majority of Muslims
over the past 1400 years were wrong and they are right, etc. And per my
limited understanding, it seems that many of the leadership of the SIC is
wanting to promote/practice a more Saudi-influenced / Salafi/Wahhabi version of
Islam. Which it also seems that Suntou has adopted, per previous posts
he’s made here. So it seems to me that Suntou may be in favor of muzzling
Ba Kawsu simply because he’s not practicicng the “right” kind of Islam, whatever
that means.
Whatever the case, Sunni Islam does not have an elite cadre of people like
other religions do, who dictate the rules and the rest follow. It’s the
community/Ummah that gives them these powers, thus, at the very least the SIC
has no authority to go into local masjids and start banning people from
preaching. Unless of course Gambians decide to give them that power.
I’m just sorry that people are supporting the muzzling of people who are
just expressing different views from them, and who don’t seem to be expressing
any kind of hatred at all.