Comments on: Islam in America Part 2c (Senegal)

By: Maaida

Maaida — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:33:58 +0000

I remember that song lol

By: vinie

vinie — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:05:51 +0000

thank you so much…towards waiting for the numbers..

By: Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:09:01 +0000

@ Ahmad:

He wasn’t really that big. I can’t say much without actually mentioning his real name.

However, say for instance we had two people on our compound named “Ahmed,” and one was older than the other.

We usually differentiated between them by calling one Big Ahmed and the other one Little Ahmed.

Remember, we were kids back then.

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:23:58 +0000

How big was big y? Its hard seeing a black, martial arts trainer and ‘big’ guy jumping on the head of someone. I am sure it was for the best that u lost touch, and do not have contact with him,,,,,

By: Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:56:04 +0000

@ Ahmad: Ablay did okay. He was hurt by the beating but not real badly.

Last time I saw Big Y was about 3 years after I left Senegal which was probably 5 years after this incident. He and another Muslim dude were famous for being “Muslim Gangsters” in New Jersey. But even this was over ten years ago. I don’t live in NYC anymore so I’ve lost touch with a lot of these guys. I have no idea what he’s doing now.

By: Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:51:00 +0000

@ Vinie: I haven’t been to Senegal since I left in 1994. But I am still good friends with Yusuf and he married a Senegalese woman. She may know someone in Senegal. Inshallah I’ll ask him next time we speak.

By: Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:49:39 +0000

@ Naeem: The final chapter on Senegal should be out today Inshallah. I was there for three years.

Brother Muhammad, the Jamaican man who put the whole thing together is trying to restart the program learning from the mistakes the first time around. Unfortunately, Shaikh Mourtada Mbacke who funded the whole thing died several years ago and I’ve kinda lost touch with Brother Muhammad also.