{"id":4163,"date":"2019-12-26T19:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2019-12-26T19:46:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:46:39","slug":"fear-of-fundamentlism-may-deny-us-a-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fear-of-fundamentlism-may-deny-us-a-constitution","title":{"rendered":"FEAR OF FUNDAMENTLISM MAY DENY US A CONSTITUTION"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ongoing debate on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>secular<\/span><\/span>\u00a0state<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both profound and troubling.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>It is profound because it touches on our socio-religious identities<\/span><\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>troubling<\/span><\/span>\u00a0beca<\/span><\/span>use it shakes our unity as a nation.<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
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Here is how I see the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>problem<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span>b<\/span><\/span>oth those in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>favour<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of<\/span><\/span>inserting<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the term \u201c<\/span><\/span>secular<\/span><\/span>\u201d in the constitution<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/span>inclusionists<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those<\/span><\/span>\u00a0against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insertion<\/span><\/span>(e<\/span><\/span>xclusionists)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one thing in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>common<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fear of fundamentalists<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the \u201c<\/span><\/span>inclusionists<\/span><\/span>\u201d,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>i<\/span><\/span>nserting the term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is a way to guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(or comfort those who need such guarantees)<\/span><\/span>that Islamic fundamentalists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will not one day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>turn the Gambia into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an Islamic state.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This is a remote possibility;<\/span><\/span>the fear is genuine nonetheless.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strongly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>believe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span>at<\/span><\/span>in<\/span><\/span>clusionists<\/span><\/span>\u00a0have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the right and are justified to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seek appropriate safeguards<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>However, t<\/span><\/span>he question that arises is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether one<\/span><\/span>\u00a0word<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013<\/span><\/span>secular\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u2013<\/span><\/span>\u00a0alone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can serve that<\/span><\/span>objective<\/span><\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In my view<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0t<\/span><\/span>he objective of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ring-<\/span><\/span>fencing<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the Gambian state against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being transformed into an I<\/span><\/span>slamic state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is well catered for through the entrenchment of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>article\u00a0<\/span><\/span>151 (2b)<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provides that<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the National Assembly \u201c<\/span><\/span>Shall not pass a bill to establish any religion as a state religion\u201d<\/span><\/span>. Inserting the term \u201c<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>ecular<\/span><\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will<\/span><\/span>\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>do more than this<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 yet it<\/span><\/span>\u00a0will divide the nation<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If \u201c<\/span><\/span>inclusionists<\/span><\/span>\u201d are fearful of Islamic fundamentalists, the \u201cexclusionists\u201d too are fearful of a different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strain<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of<\/span><\/span>fundamentalism \u2013<\/span><\/span>\u00a0constitutional fundamentalism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The common mistakes we all commit is limiting fundamentalism to religion alone.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Fundamentalism<\/span><\/span>\u00a0exists in<\/span><\/span>m<\/span><\/span>ost spheres of human activity. Not only do we find<\/span><\/span>extremists<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in the<\/span><\/span>\u00a0extreme left and far right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political spectrum<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we<\/span><\/span>\u00a0also<\/span><\/span>\u00a0find them among environmentalists and animal rights defenders.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the case at hand, it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is the fear of constitutional fundamentalists that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has gripped<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the \u201cexclusionists\u201d. Many in this camp\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may<\/span><\/span>\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessarily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>favour<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of church and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state<\/span><\/span>;<\/span><\/span>\u00a0t<\/span><\/span>hey are only fearful that the inclusion of the term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201csecular\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in the constit<\/span><\/span>ut<\/span><\/span>ion will arm constitutional fundamentalists to challenge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>well-established<\/span><\/span>\u00a0practices such as prayers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at state<\/span><\/span>\u00a0functions and religious education in public schools. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Readers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may consider these fears as being far-fetched<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and baseless,<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the average Gambian voter will not discount them<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>And<\/span><\/span>\u00a0going by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reports from rural Gambia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these fears will prove decisive in any referendum on the draft constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am all for a secular state and separation of church and state.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>But<\/span><\/span>\u00a0I don\u2019t believe that this objective hinges on a word th<\/span><\/span>at divides our nation and whose essence is already captured in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span>rticles 47 (2) and 151 (2b) of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>draft constitution<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Diplomats would tell you that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>best negotiators are those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who know when to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transition from a value-claiming position to a value-creating posture. \u00a0Value creation in the present case consists in meeting our common objective of a secular state through means other than the inclusion of a term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that divides the nations and risks denying us a constitution.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ongoing debate on\u00a0\u201csecular\u00a0state\u201d\u00a0is\u00a0both profound and troubling.\u00a0It is profound because it touches on our socio-religious identities, and\u00a0troubling\u00a0because it shakes our unity as a nation. Here is how I see the\u00a0problem:both those in\u00a0favour\u00a0ofinserting\u00a0the term \u201csecular\u201d in the constitution\u00a0(inclusionists),and\u00a0those\u00a0against\u00a0insertion(exclusionists)\u00a0have\u00a0one thing in\u00a0common:\u00a0fear of fundamentalists. For\u00a0the \u201cinclusionists\u201d,\u00a0inserting the term\u00a0is a way to guarantee\u00a0(or comfort those who need such guarantees)that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":4164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8],"tags":[1065,2281],"class_list":["post-4163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-gambia-news-everyday","tag-secular-state"],"yoast_head":"\nFEAR OF FUNDAMENTLISM MAY DENY US A CONSTITUTION - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/fear-of-fundamentlism-may-deny-us-a-constitution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FEAR OF FUNDAMENTLISM MAY DENY US A CONSTITUTION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ongoing debate on\u00a0\u201csecular\u00a0state\u201d\u00a0is\u00a0both profound and troubling.\u00a0It is profound because it touches on our socio-religious identities, and\u00a0troubling\u00a0because it shakes our unity as a nation. 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