December 4, 2007
Siding with the innocent children
Interesting commentary on Gillian Gibbons' release from Sudan's liberal Al-Sahafah newspaper (as translated by BBC Monitoring):
A commentary by Dr Abd-al-Wahab al-Afandi entitled "Implications of the British teacher's case in Sudan: The clash of Islam and capitalism" noted that, "If this issue had been raised to the Prophet he would have sided with the innocent children who gave their beloved toy his name. He would have considered this as an example of love and truth..."It went on: "Commoners, let alone elites and educated people, can easily distinguish between what really angers God and his Prophet, and who is striving to take advantage of some issues for other reasons... Whoever creates a battle where there is no place for one in the name of religion thus insults Islam and its Prophet and creates a wrongful impression of the religion making it to be hated by people, is committing a great offence incurring the wrath of God and his Prophet."
Posted by aheavens at December 4, 2007 2:18 PM
Comments
Where was Mr. Afandi a week or so ago? :)
Posted by: Aaron Stewart at December 4, 2007 3:43 PM
What Afandi said. (Indeed, where was he a week ago. But better late than never?)
Posted by: quixote at December 5, 2007 3:30 PM
So that answers the question, WWMD?
Posted by: Mamitu at December 5, 2007 4:12 PM
I think Mr. Afandi was always there. Question is why didn't the media present Sudanese people with opinions like his? Answer: marching extremists swords sells more papers.
Posted by: safiya at December 6, 2007 11:33 AM
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for pointing out some of the background in the case against Gillian Gibbons. What a total sham and travesty this whole situation has been. So happy to see the lady been pardoned. Are Sudanese really this retarded or this is something the government has pushed for? In essence, what has been the public opinion there in Khartoum, if there is a good way to gauge.
Posted by: Tamrat Y. at December 9, 2007 12:40 PM
Andrew,
The truth is like light, like water, thanks very much for what you have mentioned.
take care and keep on moving.
much respect from a Sudanese.
Posted by: ras babi babiker at December 11, 2007 2:46 AM