Sister Jabou We normally agree on many issues but there is always an exception. Maybe this on is just misunderstood. First and foremost, many cannot travel or have the opportunity to go and see these sites due to costs involved or age and secondly these tombs are already there, no one is building them newly. I can go on with certain examples like taking pictures of live humans or listening to music, which can be exaggerated by some whose interpretations are taken literally without taking into account the present world conditions. There was no internet during the time of the prophets (peace be upon them) nor were there cars or airplanes so is it haram to fly in a plane or use a mechanical knife vs manual one to slaughter for halal consumption??? Lets be real and be up to date . Islam fits in well with all forms of upgrades including looking at pictures of tombs in the internet end BTW do you know any Gambian in Little Rock ,Ak.?? or close by in the same state?? thanks Habib [log in to unmask] wrote: > In a message dated 8/10/99 11:06:19 PM Central Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Jabou > We do not revere tombs. > These are for those of us that do not have the chance to visit these historic > sites and just to pay our respects. Our children need to know the history (in > religion) and where they can be traced. >> > ********************* > Brother Habib, > > l am afraid l have to disagree. We can trace the history or learn about about > the religion by reading books, and not by doing it in forms that are clearly > prohibited by the Prophet (SAS) of Allah(SWT) himself. > > Jabou > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------