That Sheikh Mohammed Said, "mchochezi,analeta dhihaka kwa Historia ya Kivukoni na ni hatari kwa amani na usalama wa nchi",mumbo jambo is for the birds. So far we have not see anything to suggest that ridiculous claim.
We've witness The Escape Route,meticulously delivered by The Big Show a.k.a The King Of kings tracing some core issues facing Muslims in this country today. Popular knowledge of this has been prevented by Politicians and the Government lies for too long. The situation and reality on the ground is a mess,a mere pack of cards on wobbly ground,teetering over an abyss of "artificial created peace and harmony" at the expense of many among Muslim population. The Government and Politicians from all political spectrum know this situation is unsustainable.
Surely,it is very convinient for the Politicians,the Government and others in here to be selective of historical facts and memories.
Colonists constructed barriers on social and economic development,education and many other stuff against and mainly on Muslims or Muslim populated/dominated areas for their own nasty selfish white supremacy reasons. And now everyone must bear the consequence.
The Government in this country have been against others but mainly Muslim population for years,and in many ways still is,if you know any better.
Again, how is Sheikh Mohammed Said is putting hate on hate!? Muslims/Sheikh Mohammed Said didn't create the conditions of hate in Tanzania,he is just the product of them and just reacting to them responsibly.
Majority of Muslims were put through a process of allienation and marginalized from social and economic mainstream for decades.The process has never been reversed effectively.
Although,some people like to think that was a long time ago,lets sweep it under the rug and move on. It is not that simple. In most Muslim dominated/populated areas; almost zero social and economic mobility, systematic depravation of quality education ,blockage of strategic position in many key Government Institutes and many other issues as discussed here,it doesn't solve anything.
It is an insidious,yet very sophisticated method of control that conditions majority of Muslim population in this country to accept others dominance over their lives by misleading them to believe that they are now themselves their own worst enemies.
This is similar kind of method Colonists used against Wazee wetu. To the detriment of many Muslims in Tanzania,this method has been an extremely effective.
It would be a catastrophe of Biblical proportion and distortion of historical facts if one is to try and write any "other history" with regard to Tanganyika independence struggle without recognise and acknowledge the importance of Mzizizma and that vital role its people/Wazee wetu played and sacrificed during that vicious colonial struggle(ofcourse majority of them were "Waswahili").
Naona kuna baadhi ya jamaa hapa wanajaribu kwa hali na mali na ujasiri uso mfano,kuonyesha kuwa madai ya wananchi wenzao/ Wailsam aidha ni dhaifu,hayana ufumbuzi au ni yao "wenyewe kwa wenyewe" na ati suluhu iwe baina yao. Kuna wengine nao ndo kabisa hawakubali kuwa hata kuwa kuna tatizo lolote au karaha hapo nchini dhidi ya Waislam,na kuwa Wailsam/wananchi wenzao inalazim japo wasikilizwe na wana haki hiyo. Nafikiri hawa ndio wapo kinyume hata na Rais wao Bw. W. Mkapa na Serikali yake. Ambaye alikubali japo kwa shingo upande kuwa kuna tatizo/dhiki hapo nchini dhidi ya Waislam. Infact, their hidden agenda and motives outweigh sense of objectivity and naturally diminish their entire credibility.
Katika moja ya bayana zangu hapo awali naliwahi uliza; "wawajuaje kunguni wa kitanda sichokilala"!?
I know for fact,some of us don't need to rely entirely on corrupt minded patronising Politicians to educate us about our history.
Naona hapa quotations nyingi saana na "researches" takriban zoote zimetokea kwa "wataalam" wa kizungu!? Inasikitisha mpaka leo karne ya 21 bado tuna tegemezi kubwa pita kiasi kwa hawa jamaa,na yaelekea bado tunaamini mno kila wasemalo. Wallahi staajabu inakuja pale wanapojaribu kutufunda na kutujuza "wenzetu" tunawadhararu na kuwakatisha tamaa pasi kiasi! Hawa wazungu si ndo haohao walokuja na Bible mikononi na kutuambia tufumbe macho tusali kwa pamoja;kutahamaki wakasafisha Afrika yoote mpaka na watu!?
As for Sheikh Mohammed Said and others keep mentioning of Mzizima,Kariakoo na Wazee wetu,on and on and on. I can imagine it must be pretty tiring and boring! I'm sorry, but it's an undeniable historical fact that Mzizima/Kariakoo,for many historical factors happened to be a vital political hub during that era. It's an unescapable predicament. And would be social and political illiterate for anyone to deny or acknowledge fully this historical link/connection between Mzizizima,Wazee wetu,Kariakoo with the either formation of TA,TAA,TANU or either colonial struggle.
Why most of them appeared to be Muslims!?I f it were me I wouldn't loose sleep over it. As it never cross my mind before,unless if you are mdini/mfia dini!
Lakini hii haimaanishi ati huko mikoani/vijijini hakukuwa na Wazee wetu wengine walojishughulisha na kujitoa muhanga mkubwa na hizo harakati za madhalimu wa kikoloni;tena wake kwa waume toka tamaduni,rangi,matabaka na dini mbalimbali. Naona hata Sheikh Mohammed Said kajitahidi saana kuwataja kitabuni mwake.
Ahsantani.
Ps: I'm only responsible for what I say/write. I'm not responsible for what you understand.