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kobo
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 Posted - 05 Apr 2011 : 11:39:02
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INTERESTING ANALYSES FROM GAMBIA JOURNAL ON-LINE Gambia Stripped of Secularism And I n Transition To Sharia under http://www.thegambiajournal.com/Top-News-and-Analyses/1154.html
"We live under a post modern slave system, dominated by religion and political power of the West. Religion can be more dangerous than military weapons. It can veil the minds of people, make them blind to contradictions, and make them submissive to corrupt authorities. We see how people are killed under Islamic states for no reason except exposing injustices, or expressing opinions different from rulers. A novelist or a poet can be killed or put in prison just because of writing creatively. A girl may be killed just because of going to school or not covering her head. A war can erupt between different sects or groups in the society just because of different interpretation of one verse in God’s Book. Secularism helps shield us against such dangers."Quoted from Gambia Journal
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turk
USA
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Posted - 05 Apr 2011 : 12:39:35
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| Too much exaggeration. Comparing Gambia to Taliban rule of Afghanistan is too extreme!!! And author needs to read about the history of Soviet and Chinese secular rules like Stalin, Lenin and Mao. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 05 Apr 2011 : 13:44:06
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| Turk,come on surely you can think of better people to read about than Stalin, Lenin and Mao.and no I havn't read their histories and don't intend to do so,you yourself know the giant steps that Turkey has had to take to take her place in a modern day world whilst preserving her long culture,give KOBO better things to read about. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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turk
USA
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Posted - 05 Apr 2011 : 13:58:06
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Touby - I wish you were more familiar with social science and history. But, like you said, you are simple. No, I can't think of better people. The point for suggesting Stalin, Lenin, Mao who were secular but they have done comparable damages to humanity like other religions did. Beside, I did not suggest Kobo, I suggested the author of the article to read about these historical leaders. The author of article had very simplistic and one sided view on religious situation in Gambia. Further, his or her summary of islamic radicalization of Gambian society sounded like a tale or sci-fi horror story.
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diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2011 : 10:30:43
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DAILY OBSERVER NEWS WITH;
1. Presidential Quranic Memorisation Competition winners awarded UNDER http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/presidential-quranic-memorisation-competition-winners-awarded
2. President Jammeh commended for promoting Islam UNDER http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/president-jammeh-commended-for-promoting-islam
3. 47 female contestants line up for Qur’anic memorisation competition UNDER http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/47-female-contestants-line-up-for-quranic-memorisation-competition
4.AND DAILY NEWS WITH Promoting Islamic Education or Building Personality Cult? UNDER http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/promoting-islamic-education-or-building-personality-cult
FROM DAILY NEWS ABOVE LINK;
"This paper finds it unacceptable for the president to stage a million dalasi Qur’anic recitation competition among Islamic students and Quranic memorisers in the name of promoting Islamic education when a greater number of ‘madarassas’ (Islamic schools) are in a sorry state.
For instance, in our today’s edition, we feature a story about a madarassa playing a great role in producing good scholars. The school enrolls over 200 pupils and many more are on the waiting list.
An ambitious Islamic scholar, Alhagie Seku Sawareh who inherited a ‘dara’ from his late father and named it Madarassu Ahadul Kairiyaa in the heart of Kerewan Samba Sira, Fulladu East has started to doubt the future of the school in the absence of the desired timely intervention.
The roofless school has an unwanted sky view that makes it highly vulnerable to destruction by rains and storm. This school lost its roof to last year’s heavy rains that caused havoc in many parts of the country.
Madarassu Ahadul Kairiyaa is one among many Islamic schools in such a dilapidated state. This circumstance, no doubt, defeats the purpose of such a competition. Needless to say, the country’s efforts to create a conducive environment for both Islamic and Western students to have equal learning and job opportunities should not slip away from the right direction.
To promote madarassa education, an amount equivalent to the sum given to the first prize winner of the recently ended Qur’anic recitation competition can develop Madarassu Ahadul Kairiyaa and many others, into modern madarassas.
Oustass Sawareh is voluntarily sharing his knowledge with the younger generation at no cost. People like Sawareh who see knowledge as the real property and power for humankind should be encouraged to serve their communities and the country at large.
Apart from the Gambia education policy’s provision for the co-existence of Western education and religious or madarassa system, Ministry of Education can introduce an Anglo-Arab education in the country.
This is a system where the two languages - Arab and English - would be the languages of instruction to help students develop good bi-lingual background so that language barrier would no longer be an obstacle.
Though we now have a handful of students from Arabic institutes pursuing higher education in different tertiary institutions, most of them had to attend schools with English as language of instruction to get the required standard.
This means attending secondary two different secondary schools.
We believe that if madarasas are upgraded and Anglo-Arab system of education is introduced, students from Arabic institutes can directly attend tertiary education and get employment in their different fields of specialisation.
Many Gambian scholars who graduate from overseas universities can only be Qur’anic teachers and Imams, hence many consider Arabic education as non-career-oriented.
The president should be directed to invest in areas that can bring about sustainable development rather than winning the hearts of few.
And the so-called Islamic scholars should fear God to tell the president about the realities on the ground."
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