Those of
us who knew Baba Leigh from many of his lectures know that he has always had a
clear stance on issues like this. He has always been sincere and
straight-forward with the facts of the teachings of the Holy Quran. The funny
thing is that his school of thought is pretty much the same as that of the
others. I guess the difference lies in sincerity to oneself and objectives in
life.
May Allah
guide us all to the right path, the path of those with whom He has bestowed his
blessings.
Ameen.
Abdoulie
Jallow.
Actually Baba Leigh has been
rather outspoken on many issues over the
years. For instance he
serves on the board of Gamcotrap and has been
publicly opposed to female
circumcision for a long time. Ylva
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Ndey
Jobarteh wrote:
> This is a new development, i almost thought that
there are no other truthful
> and outspoken religious people in Gambia
anymore. At least we know that we
> are safe, islamic/religious wise
since some islamic scholars are seeing the
> true colours of Imam
fatty.
>
> Remember we will always be judged by our
deeds
>
> The Struggle Continues!!!
> Ndey
Jobarteh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: saiks
samateh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
>
Date: 24 September 1999 19:05
> Subject: Re: [Another Imams View On
Fankanta]
>
>
> HI Brother,
>
> Thank you for
this posting,I never had doubts that there are more
>
intelligent
> Imams in the Gambia who know the Koran better than
politicians who call them
> selves religious leaders.Imam Fatty and
Banding Drammeh should declare their
> hidden political agendas than
misusing public media to spread their
> reactionary
messages.
>
>
> For Freedom
>
Saiks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
I saw the following from the GambiaNet issue of 17th. September 1999.
Enjoy
> reading.
> Greetings
> Matarr M.
Jeng
>
> "FANKANTA' CANNOT BE BANNED", SAYS IMAM BABA
LEIGH
> As the controversy surrounding the newly introduced family
planning concept
> commonly called 'Fankanta' , rages on among
religious leaders, the imam of
> Kanifing housing estate mosque, Baba
Leigh, had said that it can "never be
> outlawed because it is
not illegal and not against Islam".
> Imam Leigh in his reaction
to the earlier statement made by the president of
> the Gambia Supreme
Islamic Council, Banding Drammeh, that his council would
> lobby for
'Fankanta' to be outlawed, told the Daily Observer, in an
>
interview,
> that, 'Fankanta' is a development issue which goes beyond
using
> contraceptives.
> "Islam supports 'Fankanta'
because it is a religion which seeks peace,
> comfort
> and
health for its adherents", he argued, adding that the utterances of
the
> imam of State House, Abdoulie Fatty against the initiative is
irrational and
> unittellectual.
> He accused Imam Fatty of
misusing the government-controlled media "by
> aggressively
attacking innocent individuals in the country", like the
>
Ahmaiyyans.
> "It is not helpful to tarnish the image of the
Ahmadiyyans. He should leave
> them because they have important
projects in the country." The qur'an, he
> added, enjoins all
muslims to be tolerant to other people's belief.
>
>
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