Simon, thanks for your comments and I think that is the spirit we should see this. Fye acknowledged that he erred for calling Arabs Devils. Together, we shall progress. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Simon Peters <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Excerpt from Islam's Black Slaves:The other Black Diaspora >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:06:17 -0800 > >Fye, > It is wrong to call an entire race DEVILS but you are >right about racism among Arabs. Bilal was unable to >marry an Arab. His wife was from Ethopia. Despite >being a good muslim, he cannot marry an Arab because >he is BLACK. Labeling the Arabs race as DEVIL is >stereotyping but many of them are racist. You have >made a very good point but generalizing your statement >make it unacceptable. Most of us agree with you but >your wording make the statement wrong. >Peace! >Simon. > >--- Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dave. > > > > Sorry to butt in if i may answer your quetson to > > JOE.YES his body should be carried > > and buried next to the prophet as others who died > > outside of the kingdom.But instead > > buried in Syria for no other reason but his skin > > colour.Infact nobody goes there to worship > > at his grave after all his contributions to > > Islam.Face the fact Mr Manneh there's racism in > > Islam it got to stop > > > > Respect > > FYE. > > > > > > From: "Dave Manneh" > > Subject: Re: Excerpt from Islam's Black Slaves:The > > other Black Diaspora > > > > > > > Joe > > > I know your question is for Yus as such, but pls > > allow me to butt in. > > > > > > If Bilal died in syria and not in Saudi(mecca or > > medina) should his body > > > had been carried to those places just as to be > > buried next to the prophet?? > > > I am right in deducing that this is the thrust of > > your question?? > > > > > > Regards > > > Manneh > > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > 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 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 contact the List Management, please send an > > e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® >http://movies.yahoo.com/ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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 contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~