In that case then, I say all this preaching is rubbish in the books I read. Your rights to inductrinate end where mine begin and you do not have a monopoly on ignorance. So, keep it coming. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Celebrating Holidays of the Disbelievers/Ginny >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:56:38 EST > >In a message dated 1/11/2002 5:05:58 PM Central Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > , there is a Verse which says > > "LAKUM DEENE KUM WA LIYA DEEN", Which means follow what you believe and >I > > will follow mine, > >The beauty about Islam is personal not collective, every individual should >walk it alone to ALLLAH, though with guidance from above. No one will take >care for any sins you may have done during your journey back to your Lord, >what ever you do whether good or bad you take with you. > >Finally all that I said about disbelievers is from the Holy Quran, which I >believe to be the word of ALLAH and I am happy to make it mine and I have >evidence of its thruthfulness and anyone may seek for the truth, its there >for everyone to discover.I have a very good relationship with non >muslims, > >Koto Faal, > >The above are the point. >I set out to do a series on Islam to educate people about it, especially >since i have seen a lot of commentary about the issue on this L, and it is >obvious most of it was made by people who know nothing about the deen. > >This is an opportunity to learn what exactly the Qur'an says and what Islam >is in it's entirety. The words like "disbeliever" are in the Qur'an. It may >not sound good to some of us, but well, it is in there and we are trying to >relay what Islam is. At least at the end of the series, people will know >exactly what Islam is. I made this point at the onset, but as usual, people >have taken the whole issue and turned it into something else, and some have >used it as a platform to spew out rhetoric about sowing discord etc. I see >enough discord among Gambians to last me a lifetime daily on the L, as well >as off it, and for no good reason. Those kinds of words are the sowers of >discord simply by their utterance. > >I shall continue my series for the benefit of those who want to know what >Islam is and what the Qur'an says, and most importantly, because this deen >has been maligned due to misconceptions and speculation by people who know >absolutley nothing about it. > >If anyone does not want to read what is written, or feel offended by the >word >of God, then please delete it, and stop making a mountain out of a >molehill.The alarmists and the paranoid can now go on and look for another >frenzy to feed. > > > > Jabou N.Joh, > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >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] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>