Brother Habib, Thanks for this reminder. A Happy New Year to you all. Malanding [log in to unmask] wrote: > > To everyone > > Happy new year- Hijrah- ( starts sunday 22 or sat 21- depending on the > moon sighting) > it is talaboone time again > > Ashura will be on the 1 or 2 nd of March 2004 - As Samba Goddard > reminded us recently it is also a sacred time and fasting is > recommended on the last two days or any one of the first ten days > This was the fasting period that prophet Moses (pbuh) practiced and > also the time that the grandchildren of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) > were killed in Karbala Iraq the present areas where there is a lot of > bloodshed amongst muslims themselves not to talk of many foreign lives > > Let us pray for the end of bloodshed and injustice everywhere on the > globe. > May this year be the end of the hardships we face here and at home. > habib diab Ghanim > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee when you click here. > <http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2755??PS=> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search > in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] 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 Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~