Osama is Dead? Why not

This article is dedicated to Nii Sammy Tetteh for requesting I write something on this issue and also because he has been one of my followers. Nii thanks for reading my blog.

We all woke up one morning to the news that the notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden has been killed by special US Forces in Pakistan. In Ghana, we heard this on the morning of May 2 but the announcement by President Obama was made on the 1st of May.

I am sure you might have been relieved to hear the ‘pleasant news’. Well I wasn’t so surprised, amazed nor astonished. I said to myself finally the conspiracy is been brought to an end. I have never believed whatever has been put out there. From Osama been the mastermind to looking for the perpetrators in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I have watched some documentaries, some people prefer to call it conspiracy theories of the September 11 attack and this has increased my reason not to believe Osama ‘the innocent arab’ was behind it but rather Osama ‘the American trained’.

Are you confused? The whole plot is so complex it is confusing. Osama’s men are reported to have hijacked a plane. What this means is that the plane took off like any other plane from the airport but midway, the terrorists seized control of the plane. If so, how come after hitting the World Trade Center, the building (WTC) came crumbling down like it has been ‘pulled’ (a term used to describe professionally bringing down a building using explosives). Indeed some eyewitnesses described the sound after the crash as that of a bomb. If an airplane crashes into a tall building, what should happen is that, from the point of hit upwards will come down but not total collapse. Engineers have proved this.

In fact before the impact, careful examination of the video shows a reflection at the bottom of the airplane of an object strongly believed to be the explosive that crumbled the WTC. If the terrorists had really hijacked the plane, at what point did they install this explosives.

Again, it was reported that a Boeing 757 was the plane hijacked and used for the pentagon attack. After the incident there was no evidence of the presence of a Boeing 757 at the scene. The remains found at the pentagon area was described to be from a Global Hawk another type of plane. A CNN reporter even went further to say ‘there was no evidence of plane crashing anywhere near pentagon’. Also, there was no sign of the plane’s wings crashing into the pentagon though the damaged caused as shown, should have included marks from the wings of the 757.

Coming to Bin Laden himself. Yes it is true he was an Arab but he had his paymasters. The US had a strategy. They wanted oil as part of their energy policies so what do they do. They caused a reason to attack these oil rich nations. Where are the oil rich nations, they are all in the Arab world. So why will they use a Latino as a perpetrator of the September 11 attack. If they did they will have to attack the southern Americans and we all know there is no oil there. So they used Osama an Arab who has been their long time ally (he was used to fight the Russians in Afghanistan).

This technique is really practical. If the head of your tertiary school restricts you from going out after 6pm, I am sure you will protest. But if someone or some more people die outside after 6pm, it will be easier for you to accept the restriction of freedom. Fear causes one to succumb to anything and justifies the need for retaliation.

If today they tell me Osama is dead, it is either he has been killed to prevent him from one day spilling the beans or he has been reassigned to another duty with a different identity. The ordinary man on earth cannot tell a plastic surgery face from the real one.

Funny enough, they say the al-Qaida website confirms the death of this blood sucker. We all know the real al-Qaida website can be shut down while a new one with the propaganda message developed. And this can be done professionally within hours and that is if they are not the shadows behind al-Qaida.

Never underestimate the thinking and actions of an imperialist nation. Our own founder Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah warned us of these imperialists. They can afford to kill thousands of their own people, just to get justification for a course. If the September 11 attack had not happened and the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, the world would have clearly seen their real motive.

We all know today that the US invaded Iraq because of their oil. But at what point did we realize this, after we had solidarized and empathized with them after the Bush cum Osama planned attack.

My attempts to show you the real Osama is just a tip of the iceberg. If you decide to analyze things yourself without corruption of the mind from the media such as CNN, BBC you will begin to understand the way of thinking of the few.Let us all pray for a safe earth.

The ’War’ That Killed Ya-Na

Some sections of the Ghanaian public believe Ya-Na, the King of the Dagbon area died as a casualty of war. They say a war was fought at the palace of the late King and as a result he and 29 others lost their lives.

This seemingly is a nice reason not to arrest anybody for the gruesome and heinous crime done against a respected King. With this excuse all the participants of the ‘war’ are guilty and as such everybody in that area must be responsible.

Interestingly, you would want to ask yourself if anybody ready for a war will allow the enemy to reach his compound before responding appropriately bearing in mind that women and children live in that compound. This compound turns out to be a palace where you don’t expect to have everything for war as is seen in the olden days.

To make the excuse more reasonable, the ‘it was a war’ preachers say the late king had armour in his palace. Yes you don’t expect a highly placed King to have only house knives and hoes in his house, even individuals have sophisticated guns they use to protect themselves. But as to whether the armour really existed or not, I think the security personnel can tell.

If really it was a war, there are still crimes committed in wars and those perpetrators of these war crimes must be brought to book. For it is in finding the killers of the Ya-Na that a lasting solution could be observed in the Dagbon area. Demonstrations against the court rulings that acquitted those alleged killers shows how deep the problem the killings have brought.

Qathafi of Libya is been threatened of war crimes though rebels are attacking his country and he is doing his best to prevent the rebels from taking over.
So the Ya-Na may have protected and defended his family from the hands of the ‘warers’ and we all know he died a brave King. So justice must be done for his people.

The Libyan Overthrow, My Thoughts

The world is in a serious hell of turmoil. This is a vindication to what the true holy scriptures have said. In the end there shall be confusion and the mightier nations shall bully the perceived weaker ones. This is so clear in what is happening in Libya.

If for nothing at all, when in history has the world backed a rebel group? Aren’t the LRA rebels? Why are they being killed. There is the FARC rebels in Columbia and they too are being attacked and killed.

Yet today, France, USA, Britain and the other neocolonialists are arming and funding rebels whom society have always dreaded to topple a government they say has become unpopular. Who defines which government has become unpopular? To me Obama’s government likewise Sarkozy’s is very unpopular.

France’s President Sarkozy is alleged to have received funding from certain organizations and even Libya during his campaign contrary to the laws of France. I am sure some French do not agree with him on this but does that make him unfit to govern? Italy’s President Berlusconi is in court for sexual affairs and citizens are calling for his head but he remains there.

Interestingly, if a group of people protest against their leader whom also is a stumbling block in the way of the ‘NATO’ countries, the time has come for that leader to go.

The question I ask myself is where the rebels are getting their sophisticated arms and ammunitions from. But my guess to this question is as good as yours. They go ahead to say Qathafi is killing civilians, the so called UN operation troops have also killed civilians and I think we need another set of operation troops to attack the UN’s because civilians are dying at their hands.

Talk about this and you are not fit for the society. But if you have common sense and you will allow certain persons and the media to analyze this for you, ‘Wo ara wo gegereege’ (Akan language).

To this I say bravo to the young Ghanaians who marched to the French embassy in Accra in their thousands to show their frustrations at the way the ‘veto’ nations are handling the Libyan issue.

Kangmbuli Muslim Community: an Epitome of Islamic Excellence

Some people have said Islam is a religion of terrorists while others say a world dominated by Islam will spell doom for all humankind. Some even say when Islam takes over the world, one can no longer engage in alcoholism and fornication (funny right? you can watch this on a documentary ‘God’s Warriors’ broadcasted by CNN). Yet these critics who say all these do not know much about the most peaceful and noblest religion, Islam and how communities which have practiced what Islam preaches have achieved decency, peace and natural and everlasting love.

I want to hereby share with the public the ‘biography’ of one such community that has proven beyond doubts that Islam is the way for this troubled world. This community is the Kangmbuli Muslim Community. But before I continue I want to express my profound gratitude to GMSA-UCC for embarking on this knowledge seeking tour to this community.

The Kangmbuli Muslim Community is a town situated in Nzemaland in the Western Region of Ghana with a population of about 5000. As its name depicts, it is a community where every single inhabitant is a practiser of the Islamic faith. In other words, all the over 5000 people in the community are Muslims.

The town of Kangmbuli is over a century years old and is a product of the Trans-Saharan trade. The founder of this noble and progressive community is Abeka Ganga who was during his living years a trader and the King of the people of Ampain. King Abeka Ganga before his reversion to Islam though dressed as a Muslim was an idol worshipper with over 300 idols. His inspirations and motivations for starting the community came to him through his dreams as a form of revelation.

During his trading days when he traveled between Ivory Coast and Ghana, King Abeka had a dream. In the dream he heard someone call him by the name Thahir. Dumfounded the king never understood the message behind the dream. Subsequently, he had another dream and this time he was being called by the name Daud.

In 1901 when the king fell ill and traveled to Accra with his wives to seek treatment, he met the country’s first National Chief Imam, Mohammed Baako. As was common during those days, King Abeka confided in the Chief Imam for an interpretation of his dreams. It was during this time that King Abeka came to understand the meaning behind his dreams.

His first dream was a call for him to join the Islamic religion and the second a prescription of the name he should be called by should he heed to the former dream. In agreement and in total submission to his destiny, King Abeka Ganga reverted to Islam.

Haven become a Muslim, and returning to his kingdom, King Daud Abeka Ganga resorted to spread his new found religion. He preached to his people to join his new faith. While some accepted his call, others did not. So the new revert decided to start a new community at Kangmbuli while those who did not heed to his call remained at Ampain.

To establish his new town on the basic foundations of Islam, King Daud traveled to Sekondi and later to Axim to look for Islamic scholars as teachers. He later had a substantive teacher, Mallam Suleiman from Damong in the Northern Region who taught his two sons Nuhu and Abdulai.

Upon his death, Abdulai became the Imam of the community and Nuhu the propagator of Islam in Kangmbuli and the whole of Nzemaland. King Daud’s nephew Alhaji Issifu also supported his two sons in the running of affairs of the town. Descendants of these three personalities still remain in the helm of affairs of this unique community.

Three key pillars that have sustained this community are knowledge, inter-marriages and unity. Two of these pillars are very obvious when one enters the town the first time. It is common to meet a child in his/her teens who has completely memorized the whole of the Qur’an and has therefore earned the title of Hafiz. Also are signs of unity that are very conspicuous.

Today, this community that started humbly is a beacon of example to the rest of the Muslim communities. For their love of unity and labour, Kangmbuli is very revered in the Western Region. The Government of Ghana also recognizes this and is always willing to lend a hand of support to the community whenever they needed it.

Through their hard work, the Muslims of Kangmbuli have the social amenities that they readily need. They have a Senior High School that run all courses except science, health centre and a large mosque among others. Their mosque is so large a row in the mosque can take 75 persons. For Friday’s congregational prayer, the mosque accommodates over a thousand Muslims.

The people of Kangmbuli whose clan name is Ezenwule indeed are practisers of the Islamic religion. They have adopted their own way of maintaining sanity, peace, security and cohesion through the use of Shariah. Anyone who engages in social vices such as fornication and stealing is publicly rebuked to deter others from committing such offences that Islam strongly prohibits. It is therefore not surprising that one feels a sense of peace and goodwill when entering this religious town.

One thing that is worth mentioning is how neat and groomed the surroundings of this town are. It is almost impossible to see filth scattered around as it is the case in other parts of the country. Their main mosque is well kept with nicely laid prayer mats. Also is the good sight of children as young as 4years willingly rushing to the mosque whenever the call for prayer was said. I had an experience when a little boy walked up to me to ask for the ablution pot. I was amazed because in my community, a boy that age will walk straight into the mosque without bothering whether he had performed ablution or not.

Undoubtedly, Kangmbuli remains a role model to other Muslim communities and the country at large. And for those who think a world dominated by Islam will be a catastrophic one should pay a visit to this inspiring town of Allah. The indigenes of Kangmbuli deserve commendation for keeping the fire of hope for Islam burning and for having a society that is peaceful, neat, devoid of negative western influences and progressive. For this reason, I want to ask the blessings of Allah on the following people of the community.

Imam: Alhaji Zakaria Abdulai
Leader: Alhaji Musah Abeka
Islamic teacher: Sheikh Ustaz Harun
Clan leader: Mahama Abdulai
Founder: King Daud Abeka Ganga

Long live Islam

8 Benefits of Blogging to the Blogger

This post is the remaining part of my earlier post, 8 Benefits of Blogging to the Blogger.

5. Blogging gives you new contacts
Blogging opens the door to new friends who come to you through the internet. I have friends from India, Phillipines, South Africa, US, UK, Nigeria just to mention a few.

6. Blogging makes you healthy
Are you wondering how?
Well, expressive writing like blogging produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients and even speeds healing after surgery.
A study in the February 2008 issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing like blogging just before treatment felt markedly better mentally and physically as compared with patients who did not.

7. Blogging will enhance your CV and get you a job
Simply having a blog that you spend time on shows positive aspects of your personal character.
Employers want to see that you are motivated and have some degree of intelligence. Regardless of your blog’s contents, a blog shows you have some degree of intelligence.
Just write blogging and the address of your blog at the hobby side of your CV. Also mention your blog in the interview to get the employer to read your blog. If it is a good blog with good grammar and clearly articulated views, be rest assured you are one leg through.

8. You become an entrepreneur and make money from blogging
Someone there will ask how, well this is how
Some people blog to make money. This implies they are entrepreneurs because they have a venture or an enterprise and this venture is the blog which is to make money for them.
Maintaining a money making blog is like maintaining a business. You require innovation, hard work, discipline, perseverance etc.
This is how they make the money. You have a blog say about religion and you have many readers i.e people who read the blog so you advertise the sale of religious wears for a company and the company pays you money for the advertisement. Do you see the trick?
Google also offers a service where you can sign up for free. After that any person who visits you blog and clicks and I mean just click the advertisement, they pay you some few cents. The more people click on the advertisements, the more money you make. You need to have many visitors to your blog in order to get a reasonable amount of money.


I have a compilation of some blogs and how much they make. By the way not Ghanaian blogs.
Perezhilton.com makes $111,000 a month
Techcrunch.com makes $240,000 a month
Boingboing.net makes $ 1 million a year
So you too can make it.