This mail below, sent just a few minutes ago, was not signed. My
apologies.
Amadou Kabir Njie.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 20. august 1999 17:58
Subject: Re: Re: Imam Fatty Condemns
'Fankanta'
The crux of my argument was the invalidity of your juxtaposition of
colonialism's tokenism with the genuine efforts by the Ahmadiyya
Mission to contribute towards alleviating the misery of the suffering
poor in the Gambia. A point which you opted to overlook!
I am quite aware that Islam is a very tolerant religion and I hope
that purported Muslim begin to manifest this tolerance in their dealings, both
with each other and with non-Muslims. It is this tolerance in Islam that
drives me to manifest respect for other peoples' believes.
Imam Fatty has demonstrated time and again his intolerance not just
toward people with divergent faiths, but also towards people with divergent
views.
He is reputed to have gone on national TV demanding to know if Dr.
Samba's mother has been circumcised!- just because Samba view (a surgeon,
looking at FMG from a medical point of view) was not in line with the
Imam's rantings. I believe people like him are doing a disservice to
Islam!
Amadou Kabir Njie.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 20. august 1999 15:30
Subject: Re: Imam Fatty Condemns
'Fankanta'
Amadou,
With all due respect, l don't see how
Imam Faty's speaking out against
innovation in Islam translates to
denying that Gambia is inhabited by people
of other faiths. The two have
absolutely nothing to do with each other. As a
matter of fact, Islam
advocates tolerance because everyone is free to choose
what they believe
in. The point here is that, the same excellence we are
seeking in the
political arena, is the same one that we are also seeking in
the
religious one. This is an issue of pointing out to muslims what is
pure,
and what is innovation, and l do not understand why it raises the
ire of so
many people. There is no compulsion in religion, but please let
those of us
who want to learn all we can about this religion, as well as
those who
realize that it is their duty to put forth what is fact and
what is fiction
in it, do just that.
l think it is very simple, and is
intended for those who want to make use of
it.
Jabou
Joh
Sister Jabou,
With all due respect, I don't think
you can juxtapose colonialism and the
fight against it (with all the
suffering, told and untold) with the Ahmadiyya
Mission. Africans fought
against colonialism because of all the evils that
that system
represented.
The main object of colonialism was first and
foremost to rob the African.
Colonialism sought to dehumanise the African
so as to justify his
exploitation. Building schools and hospitals (from a
meagre percentage of
what was stolen from us) was just a part of the
design. They needed
"educated" Africans to carry out some of the
administrative work. Remember
they also built churches too to "save
our Pagan Souls" as part of their
grand design.
The
Ahmadiyya Mission is not out to commit armed robbery as was the case
with
the colonialist who not only stole material resources but
kidnapped
humans to trade in them.
Imam Fatty is quoted as
having said "Allah has promised in the Muslim holy
book, Qur'an, to feed
every mouth He created". Allah is definitely feeding
the Imam's mouth
through the hand of Yahya Jammeh but may have decided to
feed some other
more unfortunate mouths throuigh the work of the Ahmadiyya.
Yes
I think this question is quite a political one for Gambia is
not
inhabited by only Muslims. There are other faiths too and we cannot
impose
the teachings of the Quran on
them.
Regards.
A. Kabir Njie.
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