Hi Soffie, Probably the best Friday Sermon I've heard in avery long time! Yes, our "Relegious Leaders", both Muslim and Christain should be ashamed of themselves for these are the type of issues that shoul dominate the content of any "Khutba", otherwise all act of prayer is just mere aerobics which is best performed at a gym. Ceesay Soffie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Joe et al - The olive branch was set afire before it was extended to us - witness the summary dismissals, the arrests and detentions right after the elections. To keep harping on this branch thing is a joke. Just as sending Yusupha Mbye to Scotland for treatment was meant to galvanize student voters to vote for Yaya, so was the branch thing - we all know what's happened to Yusupha and opposition members. That supporters of the regime are mute is no surprise. Those who have a modicum of soul, humanity, "Jomm" left in them are fearful of what may befall not them, but their families. The rest, according to reports from those who have sat down and had discussions with them, can overlook the killings, the arrests, the tortures, the rapes, all of the heinous crimes committed against the Gambian people because "there is development". They can ride their nice cars from one end of town to the next, encountering no potholes - this is development. They are comfortable in the knowledge that they will have their FOUR square meals any day. That this latter group includes folks you never would have expected is telling of the seriousness of conditions back home. They are the ones who will try to convince you that what befell the students on April 10th and 11th was justified. UUUGGGHHHH!!! Only in the Gambia can your daughter get raped, your son tortured and killed, your husband kidnapped, detained, tortured, sacked from his job for no reason and we turn the other cheek. Only in the Gambia will find people celebrating their new pair of shoes, forgetting that their feet have been chopped off by the very person giving them the shoes. May Allah help the committed to deliver Gambia from the Satan bent on emasculating our people. Soffie <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>