kudos sister Jabou,
you hit the nail square on the head with this piece. just a little more fire and you'll get the slippery, slithery and slimy snake on the head too.
nothing more to be said on this cos you said it all.
Peace,
Patz.








----- Original Message -----
From: [log in to unmask]
Date:         Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:20:55 EDT
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject:      Re: Fresh Standoff Over Veil, Imbroglio State House Imam Confronts Jammeh

> In a message dated 8/8/03 11:41:55 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >
> > "This is one classical case that supports the argument for the
> > separation of church and state in a liberal society.
> > The real Imam Fatty is a demagogue and a closet fundamentalist
> > terrorist cum Bin Ladin."
> > ///////////
> >
> Ebou,
>
> The argument for separating church and state should be directed to the person
> you are trying to woo, namely Jammeh who was the one who built a mosque at
> state house and made Imam Fatty the Imam there. He never had any issues with his
> sermons until now.
> Secondly, if Fatty is a fundamentalist ala Bin Laden as you say here, it was
> also Jammeh who made him the Imam at the mosque Jammeh built at state house,
> and he has given many sermons in supoort of Jammeh from that same mimbar
> (pulpit) so he must be Jammeh's personal Bin Laden.
> Now that he has criticized Jammeh, he will do with him the same thing he has
> done to many other despots when he is finished with them or when they do not
> fit into his current plans but people never seem to learn. Now that Jammeh is
> trying to make a case of fighting terrorism so he can lay his hands on some
> American money,Gambians watch out, everyone will be labelled a terrorist, and you
> Ebou,  are working over time to help him in that cheap effort.
> Frankly,  the whole thing is comical, and very representative of the
> unintelligent and simplistic methods he has always employed in these criminal games.
> Jammeh was preaching Islam when he thought it would get him money from the
> muslim states, especially Libya with whom this regime was in cohoots until they
> had a falling out with Moamar Kadafi.
> I think by now we are all well aware that this regime will dance to the tune
> of whoever they think is a source of money and invent whatever story they deem
> necessary to accomplish that, even if it means accusing the very characters
> they created.
> Unfortunately, Imam Fatty has become excess baggage to Jammeh in his quest to
> get U.S dollars if he can convince the Americans  he is fighting terrorism.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
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