By Lamin Njie
Imam Abdoulie Fatty has lashed out at former PPP leader Omar Jallow and Touma Njie following their comments on mosques.
Banjul South national assembly member Touma Njie recently sparked outrage after she called for the removal of mosques from public places. Omar Jallow also known as OJ had suggested that the new draft constitution should bar the building of mosques and churches in public places.
In a sermon before worshippers today in Serrekunda, Imam Fatty raged: “Touma Njie and OJ Jallow and their collaborators… If you’re angry because you’ve been toppled in a coup by Yahya Jammeh, go after him, he’s in Guinea Equatorial. But the mosques he built are owned by Muslims. If you attempt to speak against those, you will see us like the sun.
“Go after him (Yahya Jammeh), it’s not our business but stay away from the mosques. For us we have no problem with anyone except the Mushrik (idolater) who gives our religion no peace, the unbeliever who gives our religion no, the hypocrite who gives our religion no peace. We can never cooperate with those people, no one should try it.
“No leader, no intellectual, no any other person, no rich man, no person of authority. We can never share the same position. God’s enemy… Someone who has shown his hatred towards God, [someone who] has shown his hatred towards the prophet, [someone who] has shown it [hatred] towards places owned by Muslims.
“There are bars. Alcohol is being drank, it’s being made, [and] it’s being sold. Fornication is being sold, you will never talk about these.
“Boys are dropping their pants. Girls are not wearing anything. The beach has been destroyed, the tourists have messed up the country, fornication is everywhere. You will never say anything about it.
“If you see all these things being said today… If Omar Ibn Khattab was alive, he would cut off your heads, you hypocrites. You think we can be bold enough to say this in a gathering where Omar Bun Khattab is in attendance? To tear down God’s mosque? This can only be said in our midst and the people who said it go scot-free.”
Omar Ibn al Khattab was a no-nonsense Muslim general who stood by Prophet Muhammad’s side during the early days of Islam. He fought in many battles and was feared by many.
