Madam Christensen!

Being born in The Gambia DOES not make one a GAMBIAN,
better yet, just because one of your parents is
Gambian, doesn't make you one.  To conclude, this
wasn't a question of nationalism, but of
culture/habits/beliefs/tradition and so forth.  GOT
IT?

Essa

--- astrid christensen-tasong <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> >From: tester testers <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Religious postings on Gambia-L
> >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:48:06 -0800
> >
> >Madam/Sir Astrid Christensen-tasong!
> >
> >Do me a favor.  Perhaps you are not in tune with
> the
> >Gambian culture
>
> I am Gambian....and entitled to my opinion just as
> you are to yours!!!
>
> or if you are, probably not fine-tuned enough.
>
> Fine tuned enough... what scale are you
> using?.....You lost me right there?
>
> Let me enlighten you a bit.
> >
> >First, The Gambia is 87% muslim if not higher
> (that's
> >a majority vote right there).  Although there are
> about a few thousand
> >christians and other denominations, all of these
> faiths have some amount of
> >exposure to the religion of Islam.  For us to
> denounce
> >the message of Allah or stop it from reaching its
> believers is HORRIBLE,
> >period!
>
> No one is denouncing the message of Allah..We are
> all of different faiths
> and therefore should be mindful of that.
>
> Let's not get carried too far away by the freedom of
> speech/expression and
> so forth.  By the way, whoever said there is freedom
> of speech.
>
> My sentiments exactly.  You are the one ranting and
> raving right now because
> I dare have an opinion different from yours!
>
> You are able to do what you're doing because of
> Allah or whoever you believe
> in (if you have a belief).
>
> Absolutely!!
> >
> A lot of us do use the delete button but I'm sure we
> do it with a little
> sense of guilt inside (instigated by Satan perhaps).
>
> I use the button a lot with no guilt!!!
>
>
> But I'm sure if there is a mosque in all of our
> neighborhoods, we'll all
> dwell to seek religious knowledge.  Most of us
> including myself,
> have already defaulted to Allah since we left our
> homeland in search of
> western knowledge/power and teachings and forgot our
> commitments to Allah.
>
> There is a mosque in my neighborhood but I choose go
> to church.  I'm Roman
> Catholic.
>
> For some of us, we perhaps don't even remember the
> five pillars of Islam.
> The fact of the matter is that we all wished we can
> hear those "Njale and
> Timiss Nordahs" (to these terms you probably don't
> >understand).
>
> I fully understand because I hear it all the time
> when I'm in Gambia. There
> is a mosque very close to our house on Pipeline
> Road.
> >
> Be happy this is an online forum and accomodating
> your views, but don't
> steer too far especially in unknown territory.
>
> Unknown territory?? I wasn't aware that I was in the
> Abyss....
>
> Peace,
> Astrid/
>
>
> Remember this saying... and pass it on to Katim
> >"The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
> >Keep Seeking!
> >
> >Essa
> >
> >--- astrid christensen-tasong <[log in to unmask]>
> >wrote:
> > > It seems from the above that while St. John's
> takes
> > > their Catholic faith
> > > seriously, they are also open to a dialog with
> other
> > > beliefs.  Be that as it
> > > may, I thought it prudent that since our list is
> > > hosted on their server, we
> > > will be advised to be sensitive to their
> beliefs,
> > > and refrain from using
> > > Gambia-L to engage in religious education of
> > > whatever form.  I think this is
> > > a perfectly logical stand to take, especially
> > > because I don't think an
> > > Islamic group would allow their, say, mosque's
> > > public address system to be
> > > used to preach Christian sermons.
> > >
> > > Katim,
> > >
> > > I'm with you brother!!! I personally found the
> > > religious postings a little
> > > overboard..I don't recall anyone coming on list
> with
> > > Latin verses!!!
> > >
> > > Astrid/
> > >
> > > Astrid/
> > >
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