Following the announcement of the completion of the translation of the Holy Quran into three main languages in The Gambia by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, the Supreme Islamic Council (SIC) has declared its disregard of the subject of the announcement, dissuading the general public from acquiring the purported translation without the approval of the council.

In a press release signed by the President of the Supreme Islamic Council, Alhagie Banding Drammeh, the council claimed that the announcement of the publication is without the notice of the council.

“We are therefore urging the general public not to possess it or buy them, until the approval of the council,” the release added.

According to the release presidential directives have earlier been issued to the effect that there should be no publication or radio programmes in Islamic matters without the approval of the council. The SIC therefore appealed for the co-operation of the general public in what it regards as this crucial moment.

It would be recalled that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at last week issued a press release informing the general public of its completion of the translation of the Holy Quran into three of the main languages spoken in The Gambia- Mandinka, Wollof and Fula.