Thank you brother Mammadou Sakho,
I don not see that we desagree, at least that much. I hope that brother
Ibrahima's question is, even partially, answered.
Good lack for you, Ibrahima and all our forums' readers.
Sselam and glad to know you,
Cheikh Ahmed
"M. Saaxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
Thanks for responding as this provides me with the opportunity to
know or perhaps discover what you thought about my own "analysis".
Your interpretation of my sentence is not quite acurate in that I
never implied that Mauritanians are more interested in Material
things. I think that they are as interested as anyone on this planet
in their material life.
Both of us may have been out of the country for far too long but
there are some fundamentals that look like interest in material
things.
In every single West to Central african capital, the "boutiquiers"
are Mauritanians. The Soninkés, my ethnic group, have been migrating
to France, Central, Southern and even Eastern Africa to accumulate
wealth. Wealth accumulation, which sounds like an interest in
material things, appears to me as something that has always been a
huge part of mauritanian culture. I do not oppose or see any
conflict or contradiction between being interested in material
things and having strong moral beliefs. The prophets Mohamed's wife
was a business woman which did not prevent her from being morally
outstanding.
The last time I was in Nouakchott, February and March 2004, I was
bothered by the fact that life revolved around the constant search
for material things. People did not take time to reflect about
anything other than materialistic things. Everybody was talking
about issues that revolved around materialism ( cars, houses,
clothes, etc...).
Nouakchott, home to close or more than half of the population living
inside the country, provides, I think, a good picture of Mauritania.
Perhaps both of us should go back to Mauritania and revisit our
beliefs.
By the way if you had continued your quote, you would have noticed
that my next sentence stated that "Both my assertion, brother
Cheikh, and your analysis remain subjective ... Mine is a dream and
a cry for hope that mauritanians would, when asked, care about
mauritanians first." I believe that this last sentece captured the
essence of my view which is I think what brother Ngaide eluded to. I
hope that mauritanians would care more about their day to day to
life (both moral and material)than they would about some other
country. "Love thy Neighbpour". How could we pretend to be muslims
if we are not concerned FIRST about our neighbours?
Wishing you a great week end
Mamadou Sakho
Canada
--- Dans [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cheikh Ahmed Ould Sidi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
>
> Sselamou 3aleikoum brother Mammadou Sakho,
>
> First, how are you and our fellow citizens in Canada?
> I am happy to have read your response. I like your way of
reasoning. You are definitely right when you said that my assertion
was just an assumption in that there is no rigorous or, per say,
reliable polling in Mauritania. Nonetheless, it was a generalization
just like yours when talked about the average Mauritanian and so
forth. One thing invited me to think that you are analyzing a
Mauritanian phenomenon or trend through a Western set of mind.
Perhaps, you have long lived in the West or outside the country. I
drew this conclusion from your statement "The majority, however,
will, when asked, affirm that
> the Mauritanian future is much more relevant to their day to day
> lives than the relations with Israel". When were Mauritanians ever
concerned about their material life more than their moral life? I
would say that that never happened. It is normal since such base is
fundamental when differentiating between the West (Materialism) and
the East (spiritualism).
> Best wishes,
> Cheikh Ahmed
>
> "M. Saaxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> Brother Cheikh Ahmed,
> If I understand you correctly, I should be more sceptical about
> Mauritania's future. I sincerely hope that you are wrong in
assuming
> that the majority of Mauritanian voters would rather see
Mauritania
> end its political relations with Israel than put an end to the
> suffering of oits own people. In the absence of a credible public
> opinion survey to validate your point of view, I prefer to believe
> that this is only an ASSUMPTION and hopefully a false one.
> When one puts in perspective the relative importance of
Mauritania's
> opinion or stance regarding international issues, it is obvious
that
> on a scale of 1 to 10, our opinion counts for much less than 1.
> The balance of power will not shift because we end or maintain our
> relations with Israel nor will the cause of Palestine become more
or
> less important. So the fundemental question of brother Ngaido
> remains. Why are our politicians inclined to care more about the
> relations with Israel? I wish I knew the answer. My belief is that
> the average Mauritanian, the majority of Mauritanians, from
> Nouakchott to Nema and from Nouadhibou to Diaguily do care about
> Palestinians. The majority, however, will, when asked, affirm that
> the Mauritanian future is much more relevant to their day to day
> lives than the relations with Israel.
> Both my assertion, brother Cheikh, and your analysis remain
> subjective. Mine, however, depicts a much better image of the
> mauritanian. Mine is a dream and a cry for hope that mauritanians
> would, when asked, care about mauritanians first.
> Mamadou Sakho
> Canada
>
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