EL Hadj Karamo Bangaly Kaba, great imam of the Kankan mosque, was suspended by the Sotikèmo (patriarch). Kalil Kaba, the son of the foolish Imam. He states that the imam would not have received any note being suspended.
Kalil Kaba declares that Assa Mady Kaba near sotikèmo announced the sanction of the imam of the great mosque of Kankan in the great mosque during ordinary prayers.The imam’s son is accused of trying to take his father’s place by going beyond the rules of the imamate. EL Hadj Karamo Bangaly Kaba is the Inspector General of Islamic League of Kankan region.
On the telephone on Monday,November 25,Kalil kaba talks about the rumor and indexes Assa Mady Kaba,about being behind it: “We heard that the imam was suspended at Sotikémo.I tell you he was not suspended. No note was communicated to him.These are rumours. They went to the mosque to say that the imam has been suspended and that Assa Mady Kaba is behind it. He was in Conakry, it was after he returned that he announced it,” he denied.
The imam’s son Kalil Kaba talks about the procedure: “You can appoint an imam but to suspend him you have to give the reasons. It is not Sotikémo’s role to suspend him. The imam did nothing wrong, he did not fail in his principles. And if, for example, there is a problem, the population will complain to the Municipal League, it checks if it is well founded before it is forwarded to the General Inspectorate of the regional league to make a decision. He was the one who led the prayers last Friday. He is the enemy of the imam, he was in Conakry when he returned he announced this.”
At a press conference on the evening of Monday, November 26, El Hadj Bangaly Karamo Kaba emphasizes that the problem does not exist from today, he talks about “conflict of interest”: “What is against me against the members of the council of the great people .A mosque is a vrey deep problem. Since the month of ramadan, the problem is going around in circles. But the fact of the matter is its existence trash, the source of the problem.”
When asked about his intention to replace his father, Kalil Kaba replied: “They said that Sotikèmo needs a great imam, so they started choosing the mosque advisers, they changed them in performing this procedure, it must be piloted by the great imam.” His father supports him: “I never said that my son Kalil would succeed me in my functions. Moreover, my son was completely excluded from all activities by the Great Mosque Advisory Committee. Then, he was forbidden to set foot in this great mosque, for the simple reason that he is part of the mosque’s management committee. However, it was just a simple nutritionist who changed and organized the sound system.”
The General Secretariat of Religious affairs is not aware of the immate conflict in nabaya. According to our source, the Secretariat is missing enough data to make a decision.
According to Kalil Kaba, the great imam will lead prayers next friday if he is not invited to perform for the opening of a mosque in the Kankan region, which is scheduled for the same day.
Souleymane Bah