“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮: 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆”-MS Bah

𝑇ℎ𝑒 ex- president of the Gambia Press Union Muhammed S Bah has pointed out that the 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑎 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 but a 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
Mr Bah was sending his goodwill message to friends and colleagues as the Christmas feast looms.

We calls on people to honor the legacy of our ancestors by 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.

He added that our 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡.

𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠, the ex- GPU President takes 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙ies 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒.

“𝐴 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓-𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑠. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛—𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦—𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
𝐻𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑎—𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚” 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦.
𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡: 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠? 𝑁𝑜, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡. 𝑊𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝐴𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.”