Assalaamu alaikum G-L
Alhamdullila,(God is Great)
(There is no power and might except by Allah)
Brother Katim Touray writes: Still on the issue of other
comments on my posting, I`d like to say that Samba Goddard`s reply totally
Cracked me up. I laughed my head off when I read his e.mail.
Despite what you might think of my posting, Mr.Goddard,it was
in good faith, and not meant to offend one religion or the other God, I`m sure,
will understand.
Brother Katim ,(peace be with you)
I want to know what Cracked you up.
Is it the question that whether you believe in the oneness of
God,
or is it the question that whether you are Muslim,Christian or
Jew. I want you to answer my QUESTIONS not to tell me that I Cracked you
up.
You said that your posting was in good faith.
Do you know what good faith means?
You said that you dont meant to offend one religion or the
other God,
Do you know what offend means?
Is there any other god than God The AlMighty.
I think 90% of the list members know`s that you Katim
.S.Touray offend youself, no body else but yourself.
Brother Katim all what I understand from your posting,is the
fact that you are favouring another religion than Islam know you come to the
point saying that the Gambia-L has been hosted on St.John`s server since last
May. For the benefit of those who don`t know,St John`s is a Catholic
university,in New York City,USA.
We the new generation of today, no one can fool us by
sponsorship, if you know what I mean,we know the truth
and we will go for it.
If St.John`s want us to preach about Jesus, that is what we
the Muslims are doing, if you only know the truth,and who Jesus was,and why he
came on earth.
Is only the Muslim`s who practise what Jesus had
said:
We are not here to play smart or whatever you might call
it.
We are here to say the truth, nothing but the truth and the
truth
always HOT those who are controled by Satan the
evil.
My Father was a Christian and all his parents.
Let me tell you a little bit about my Father`s biography if
you don`t mind.
His name is Dr.Daniel Arthur Goddard,commonly known as `Daddy
Dan`was the first child of Sam and Mary Louise Goddard.
He was born January 2nd 1942 at number 20 Hagan
Street.
He attended St.John`s Prep for two years and proceeded to
Saint Augustine`s Primary School from 1949 to 1953, he then Moved on to the
secondary level from 1954 to 1959.
He was a devout catholic and an active member of various
church organisations. As a server, he rose to the rank of Masters of Ceremony in
the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption where he played a major role in many
principal masses officiated by the late Bishop Michael Maloney.
He attended Newman Prep School in Boston for a year and was
admitted to St Peter`s College (a Jesuit College) in New Jersey, where he earned
his undergraduated degree in the Natural Sciences in 1969, with a minor in
Philosophy.
He then proceeded to New York Medical College where he
graduated in 1973. He performed his internship and residency at
Norfolk Community Hospital in Virginia.
This is just a little hint about my father (may his soul rest
in perfect peace and may God The AlMighty forgive him all his sins and Shower
him with His Mercy).....Ameeen!!!!!
God The AlMighty chosed me to be a Muslim, I thank Him Billion
times for the blessing He give me.........
As from today I will start to post more religious postings
about Islam, Christianity and jewdaism,so that everybody will know that Islam is
the best religion for mankind, as you already know.
Whether you like it or not!!!!!!!
Christianity and Jewdaism came only to prooved
Islam.
And I will proove it for you if you dont use your DELETE
button.
So don`t use your DELETE button for the truth,cause the
TRUTH
cannot be hide as I had said many times on my
postings.
Only those who are shower by Satan will use their DELETE
buttons not to axcept the FACT.
Brother Katim I want you to tell the leader`s of St.John`s
Catholic mission or whatever, I want to help them with the TRUTH, If they want
the to know the TRUTH.
Let us start the DEBATE brother Katim and Co as you already
did.
May Allah (SWT) guide us from your Satan and guide us to the
straight part.....Ameen!!!!!
(There is no power and might except by Allah)
Allahummasalli alaa saidina Muhammadin wa alaa alli
Muhammadin.
Samba Goddard
(Pulo)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:20
AM
Subject: Re: Religious postings on
Gambia-L
Hi folks,
Thanks so much for your responses to my last
e-mail on religious postings on Gambia-L. I appreciate the time you all
took to send in your comments. From all indications, the majority of us
are of the opinion that we should allow religious postings on the list.
In addition, the feeling I get is that many who wrote on the issue feel that
my e-mail was rather crash, if not dictatorial.
In response to all these opinions, I would like
to begin by saying that the problem is all my fault. I should have
preceeded my position with an explanation of the circumstances surrounding
it. I did not do that, and in the process have given a lot of people
genuine grounds for concern. Having said that, I will now give you a
brief overview of the reasons for my e-mail, and hope that in the end, we will
be able to move on.
Those subscribers who were on the list when it
was hosted at the Univ. of Washington (UW), Seattle, will recall that we had
to move Gambia-L from there after Mr. Anthony Loum, under whose auspices the
list was hosted by UW, was no longer comfortable with the list being hosted
under his name. It was with luck that I was able to get St. John's
University to host Gambia-L for us. I have been helping with managing
the African Association of Madison mailing list, which St. John's has hosted
since it's creation in Oct. 1997, and for this reason, was able to ask my
contact at St. John's to help, and he agreed to.
Gambia-L has been hosted on St. John's server
since last May. For the benefit of those who don't know, St. John's is a
Catholic university, in New York City, USA. You can access their Web
site at http://www.stjohns.edu/index-2.html
to get more information about the school. I suggest you read the "About"
pages http://www.stjohns.edu/about/ which
detail information such as the university's Core Values, and Mission
Statement. The Mission Statement, in particular, states that the
University is Catholic committed to creating "a climate patterned on the
life and teaching of Jesus Christ as embodied in the traditions and practices
of the Roman Catholic Church." However, the Mission Statement
continues:
Our community, which comprises members
of many faiths, strives for an openness which is “wholly directed to all
that is true, all that deserves respect, all that is honest, pure,
admirable, decent, virtuous, or worthy of praise” (Philippians 4:8). Thus,
the university is a place where the church reflects upon itself and the
world as it engages in dialogue with other religious
traditions.
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.
Another issue that I think we should be aware of
is the fact that we have many Christian (Gambian and non-Gambian) subscribers
on the list. What would happen if we start trading more religious
postings? Would we be reduced to a forum of religious strife and
intolerance? And again, I thought it prudent that we should just refrain
from out-right religious propaganda, in the interest of being sensitive to
people who might not subscribe to our faiths.
Some of you have suggested that given the
existence of the DELETE button, it is a fairly simple matter to forget about
postings one is not interested in, including those of a religious sort.
While that sounds simple, it does not consider the fact that our postings are
archived. That you've deleted a posting from your mailbox does not mean
that it's dissappeared from our archives. The fact that you don't read a
posting does not mean that it does not affect you in anyway, because each
archived posting takes up space on St. John's server.
For your information, the St. John's server has a
disk capacity of 15 GB, and runs a total of about 700 mailing lists, out of
which 546 are archived (http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SS1=MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU).
The server delivers an average of about 600,000 (six hundred thousand)
postings a DAY to and from some 241 THOUSAND subscribers. As you can
imagine, the numbers can add up very fast. Thus, it would
help for all of us to ensure that we do our best to ensure that we
do not over-stretch the resources that St. John's provides
to subscribers the world over.
I also mentioned that other people have created
mailing lists on various religious issues, including Islam.
Thus, you can search for Islam-oriented groups at:
Type "islam" or "muslim" (without the quotes) in
the search field, and press the "Start the search!" button to retrieve a list
of lists with names, hosts, or titles (depending on what you chose) that might
your criteria. And, if you like, you can also start your own group at
either e-Groups (http://www.egroups.com)
or Topica (http://www.topica.com).
I would like to re-assure everyone that my
decision on stopping religious postings on the list was motivated more by a
desire not to abuse favors being accorded us by St. Johns. I will
contact them on the matter, to get a categorical answer regarding what their
policies are. In the event that they do not have any problems with
people sending religious postings on our list, and such postings do not become
an issue of concern to people of different religions (e.g. Christians worrying
about Islamic postings, and vice versa), I will have no problems letting
subscribers send in what they want assuming, of course, we have adequate
diskspace.
May I also add that the decision to put a
stop to religious postings on Gambia-L was totally mine. For this
reason, I would like to absolve other Gambia-L managers of any and all blame
for whatever problems this might have caused. These Managers have always
provided, and continue to provide a lot of help in the management of
Gambia-L.
Finally, I have to express my displeasure at the
way which Hamjatta Kanteh attacked Jabou Joh about her postings on
Gambia-L. I see no reason why Mr. Kanteh should have attacked Ms. Joh
like that, and further, I would like to say that I wish Mr. Kanteh had allowed
us to make up our minds about whether or not Ms. Joh is a hypocrite.
Still on the issue of other comments on my posting, I'd like to say that Samba
Goddard's reply totally cracked me up. I laughed my head off when I read his
e-mail. Despite what you might think of
my posting, Mr. Goddard, it was in good faith, and not meant to offend one
religion or the other. God, I'm sure, will understand.
Have a great week, and best wishes.
Katim