Gambia: 70 Year Old Islamic Scholar Passes Away

Seedia Ceesay, a 70 year old principal of Tallinding Islamic School passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday 15 August 2018 and was laid to test on Thursday 16 August.

According to relatives, Mr Ceesay was born in Jarra Barrow Kunda in LRR and started his educational studies in Madina, Saudia Arabia. He attended both High School and University at Abwa in Mecca Saudia Arabia. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Supreme Islamic Council and also among the preachers in the Gambia Islamic Forum with late Shiekh Omar Bun Jeng and Muhammad Lamin Manneh.

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