Imam Fatty's sermon against President Jammeh on the issue of the veil is divisive and full of error. The imam's statement is against peace and order. Whether it is true that Allah will punish Jammeh over such a trifle issue is open for discussion. The Imam's sermon is dangerous and full of lies.
Omari Jackson
Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Is this the begining of the end of the relationship between Imam Fatty and
>Jammeh?
>
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>Fresh Standoff Over Veil, Imbroglio State House Imam Confronts Jammeh
>
>http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200308080588.html
>
>The Independent (Banjul)
>DOCUMENT
>August 8, 2003
>Posted to the web August 8, 2003
>Banjul
>
>Imam Abdoulie Fatty has reinforced his reputation for brave and abrasive
>frankness by publicly declaring that President Jammeh has incurred God's
>wrath for causing more controversy than sanity around the thorny debate to
>allow or disallow the veil in Gambian schools.
>
>In the second part of his sermon (Khutba) last Friday that has caused the
>nation to hold its breath in disbelief over his unprecedented audacity to
>empty his chest, the State House Imam minced no words as he warned the
>president over the consequence of his latest action, saying "Allah will
>judge between you and the students who wear the veil and they will be
>victorious while you will be cursed in hell".
>
>As Imam Fatty got into the essence of his second Khutba almost all
>worshippers in and around the State House mosque burst into tears as they
>became overwhelmed with emotions aroused by his preaching oratorical
>fervour. His audience hang onto his every word with incantations of "Allah
>hu Akbar" (God is Great) renting the still air around State House. We
>reproduce hereunder, the second part of the Imam's sermon, unmistakably
>directed personally at the president who was not in attendance.
>
>"Praise be to Allah. We praise him. We believe that there is no God but
>Allah without associate. We believe that Muhammad is his slave and
>Messenger. We send prayers upon our beloved prophet, his household, his
>companions and all those who follow them in action or deeds until the day
>of reckoning.
>
>Mr. President, as Muslims and believers for that matter, we should be kind
>to each other in making people realise the truth about the rulings of Allah
>the Almighty. As a learned scholar, it is a duty, a compulsion and a force
>on me to preach the word of Allah thereby making people know the truth. It
>is a duty on me to be kind to those who have misunderstood the words of
>Allah by telling them the right thing that will please Allah. If I fail to
>do that, Allah the Almighty will punish me for that in the day of
>reckoning.
>
>Mr. President, Allah sent Prophet Musa to Pharaoh to convey to him the
>uncompromising words of Allah. Pharaoh was very powerful by worldly
>standards and was among the strongest disbelievers, but that did not bring
>any fear in Musa who spoke to him in kind words to save him from Allah's
>wrath. So Mr. President, I will also speak to you in kindness.
>
>Mr. President, it is Allah who said in the Holy Quran: "O Prophet, tell
>your wives and your daughters and the believing women to draw their veils
>all around their persons when they go out, so that they may be recognised
>and not molested. Allah is forgiving and merciful." The meaning of Hijab is
>a requirement of the Islamic religion and every Muslim female must do it.
>It is a commandment of Allah, which must be respected by any believing
>woman. Mr. President, Allah said in the Holy Quran: "It is not befitting
>for a believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and
>His Apostle, to have any option about their decision. If anyone disobeys
>Allah and His Apostle, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path." (Suratul
>Ahzab 33:36). Mr. President whoever stands in the way of Muslim females,
>preventing them from wearing Hijab has earned the anger of Allah and will
>be cursed. Mr. President these Muslim female students are not doing
>anything wrong. They are only obeying the Almighty Allah, the Supreme, the
>Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and all that is within them. It is
>even the constitutional rights of the students to wear veils to school.
>This is because the laws of The Gambia guarantee for every person to choose
>a religion of their choice and to practice that religion according to the
>rulings of the said religion.
>
>Mr. President, you may think that the veiling students are on the wrong
>path, but this is not the case. When we all die and return to our Lord, we
>will all be brought before him for accountability. Allah will then judge
>between you and the veiling students and they the students will be
>victorious while you will be cursed. Mr. President on that day, there will
>be no soldier around to provide you with security. There will also not be
>any minister beside you. The soldiers on that day will be the Angels who do
>not know whether one was a president or not. Mr.
>
>President, in the Hereafter there is no prison. The only prison there is
>Jahannama (Hell). Also there are no storey buildings there. The only storey
>building there is Al-Janna (Heaven). Mr. President, Allah has lent you some
>of His powers. You should therefore exercise those powers in accordance
>with His will.
>
>Mr. President, the person who informed you that the veiling students would
>wear the veils in school and in the streets while at home dress immodestly
>is a great liar. That person has not said the truth. Students attending our
>schools (Arabic schools) might behave that way. But as for those attending
>western schools, I am 100 percent sure that they will not do such an evil
>act. This is because no one forced them to wear Hijab. They are doing it
>out of their own free will and to please Allah.
>
>Mr. President, the issue of Hijab should not have been a problem between
>Islam and Christianity if Christians truly believe in the content of their
>book. In the Bible, there is the veil. Corinthians chapter 11, verse 5
>orders women to wear veil. But whenever we are discussing the Hijab issue
>with the Christians, they turn their backs to the commandment of their book
>and keep emphasising on the importance of school rules. Mr. President, they
>want us to neglect the Holy Quran.
>
>That is something we cannot do. Allah said in the Holy Quran: "The Jews and
>the Christians will never stop fighting you until you leave your religion
>and join theirs."
>
>Mr. President, a similar problem happened some years back when these same
>mission schools refused to allow the teaching of Islamic studies in their
>schools. Mr. M.C Cham played a very important role in bringing that problem
>to an end. He ordered that mission schools either allow the teaching of
>Islamic studies or uproot their schools from Gambian soil, which is
>predominantly Muslim. That step taken by M.C Cham closed the chapter for
>that problem.
>
>Mr. President, there is no compulsion in religion. This verse is clearly
>understood by Muslims. You will never see a Muslim forcing a non-believer
>to become a Muslim. It is the ahlul kitab (Jews and Christians) who need to
>understand this verse. Muslim children have been silent over this and cause
>no noise. We've been patient for quite a long time. Muslims have been
>oppressed and suppressed on many occasions. Our heads are always trampled
>down. If you stamp your feet on somebody's hand, the person will of course
>make effort to secure his hand. If the person continues to suffer without
>any redress, he has to react. Those Muslims who can't endure the
>persecution and acts of hostility, end up tarnishing the image of Islam.
>
>Muslims have been blackmailed all over the world for no just reason.
>
>Most of the atrocities that happened in this world are not as a result of
>the action of Muslims. Millions of people have been killed in the World
>Wars. This was not done by Muslims, so they are not talking about it.
>Millions of innocent Muslims have been killed in Kosovo. This was not done
>by Muslims, so they are not talking about it. The nonsense wars in Liberia,
>Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast were not as a result of the
>actions of Muslims, so they are not talking about them.
>
>The problems caused by the IRA are not a concern to them, because no Muslim
>is involved. So they are not talking about it. Mr. President Islam cannot
>be compared to any other religion. The only true religion recognised in the
>sight of Allah is Islam. All prophets of Allah preached no religion other
>than Islam. Mr. President, you have made the Kafirs (disbelievers) triumph
>over the Muslims. You have made Muslims the laughing stock of the
>disbelievers.
>
>Nowadays, any Muslim who exhibits his/her status of being a Muslim is
>termed a terrorist. The moment you dress like a Muslim, you are an enemy to
>the Kafirs. Muslims should distinguish between their ways of doing things
>and their appearance from that of Jesus and the Christians.
>
>Mr. President, marrying many wives and leaving the men to grow long beards
>are part and parcel of the Islamic religion. Anybody who did them will have
>a great reward and anybody who shuns them will be punished by Allah. Those
>who have long beards are continuously provoked by hypocrites and
>disbelievers. Those who provoke scorn the beard will be thrown into Hell
>fire. Muslims who leave their beards to grow long and the Imams will go to
>the best part of Heaven.
>
>Mr. President, you have made the Kafirs (disbelievers) joyous and the
>Muslims to mourn. You have made Christianity superior over Islam. And you
>have made Muslims cry and Christians laugh.
>
>
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