I learned with great dismay the statement of Muhammed Yaffa of ‘Rawdatul Majalis’ describing Tallinding Islamic Institution as a breeding ground for “Radicalism and Extremism”  this is a complete distortion of facts!

This statement is not only bogus and unfounded but deceptive and misrepresentation of facts aimed at painting the institution red.

Mr. Yaffa should’ve done himself a favor and do his homework denotatively before uttering such a groundless statement that is capable of inciting violence.

Tallinding Islamic Institution, alias Mahad, is one of the oldest Islamic institutions in The Gambia. They’ve never for once, defeated the purpose of their existence. Thousands of people both home and abroad have passed through that  institution and none of them was ever introduced to radicalism as fallaciously claimed by Muhammed Yaffa.

I spent close to 13 years in Mahad  and I’ve never been launched into any of Yaffa’s claims. I was rather introduced to subjects like Fiqh, Tawheed, Tafsir, Quran, Hadiths, just to name a few. Thus I find it perplexing and repugnant for someone, who does not have the slightest idea of what Mahad represents, to sit in their comfort zone, and call it a “breeding ground for Radicalism, Wahhabism and Extremism.”  This is totally false and unauthentic.

His statement therefore, is sham and preposterous. As an ex student of Mahad, it is incumbent upon me to correct these wrongs as they do not in any way, reflect the reality on the ground. Am proud to have gone through that noble institution. The values they instilled in me will remain my biggest blessing. They toiled and wrought me into the person I am today. I will forever remain indebted to them.

 

#IamaproudMahadgraduate

Fatoumatta Ceesay

Ex student student of Tallinding Islamic Institution

Current student at the university of The Gambia.

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