Gambian President's cure for AIDS: green paste & bananas (Islamic medicine)

The Daily Mail ^ | 2/21/07

[lqclamar]

Jammeh has so far refused to disclose details of his herbal concoction, saying only that the treatment uses seven plants - "three of which are not from Gambia." The treatment begins with the president applying the green paste, stored inside a deli-style plastic container. Next is a gray-colored solution, which he splashes on the patient's skin. It is stored inside an old Evian bottle, as is the yellowish, tea-like brew which patients are asked to drink. The therapy is administered numerous times over the course of several weeks.

After treating the original nine, Jammeh emerged from his black-tinted treatment chamber, carrying a tall wooden staff, a string of Islamic prayer beads and a leather-bound Quran.

In front of him, 30 new patients waited on lawn chairs, drawn like the first batch from the roughly 20,000 people currently living with HIV in Gambia.

He told them that during treatment, they must cease drinking alcohol, tea and coffee. They also cannot eat kola nuts or have sex.

Jammeh held up a leather-bound copy of the Quran, pointing it at each of the patients in turn: "In the name of Allah, in three to 30 days you will all be cured," he said.

[lqclamar]

Photo of Jammeh waving the Muhammed's witchdoctor moon god manual over a victim

[Malacoda]

Great. He practies hoodoo. This cure is as about as effective as the "having sex with a virgin will cure you!" line of reasoning that has also come out of Africa.

[P-40]

they must cease drinking alcohol, tea and coffee. They also cannot eat kola nuts or have sex.

Good luck getting that to work in America. :)

[Ben Mugged]

Now if he can only secure a cure for ignorance.

[lqclamar]

From Iran's state-run Fars News Agency a few hours ago:

The president [Ahmadinejad] said enemies' opposition to Iran's acquisition of the nuclear technology has turned the country into a paradigm for the other world nations. Noting the recent progresses made by young Iranian scientists in different scientific and technological fields, including treatment of spinal cord injuries, discovery of AIDS control drug, production of new synthetic medicines and great achievements in the agricultural field, he said that train of the Iranian nation's progress is racing ahead and the world powers can never stop it even if they mobilize all their power and possibilities.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8512020532

Coincidence? I think not.

[P-40]

discovery of AIDS control drug

I think the AIDS control drug he is talking about there is cyanide. :)

[theDentist]

"In the name of Allah, in three to 30 days you will all be cured," he said.

Let's see if the reporter does a followup in 45 days and how many are "cured".

[lqclamar]

I think this explains everything

[CarrotAndStick]

This is prolly a good thing, in that when the people being "cured", die of the disease, others may begin to see reason, but then again, these morons may be too dumb to even recognise a pattern.

[lqclamar]

This is prolly a good thing, in that when the people being "cured", die of the disease, others may begin to see reason, but then again, these morons may be too dumb to even recognise a pattern.

When the "cure" fails on somebody he'll insist that there's nothing wrong with the treatment then claim that allah simply did not will that particular person to be healed. That's how they think in the Islamic world. Just watch and see.

[gnarledmaw]

"...green paste & banannas..."

I doubt it works as a cure, I do believe that his solution might stop one from getting AIDs in the first place...

It just strikes me as very uncomfortable to wear it that way... ;)

[Kirkwood]

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

To be fair, most Muslims probably would consider this guy a figurative nut, too.

[caisson71]

How about a St Joseph aspirin held tightly between the legs??

[RockinRight]

Can't we just let them all kill each other off?

[Buck W.]

"They also cannot eat kola nuts or have sex."
That's AIDS prevention, not an AIDS cure.

[highlander_UW]

A bit of smoke and mirrors there...his AIDS control is the "don't have sex" part...that'll keep down the spread of aids. As for being cured in 3 to 30 days, well, he said it's by the power of allah...if these people aren't cured within a month it's proof positive allah is a false or powerless god.

[lqclamar]

To be fair, most Muslims probably would consider this guy a figurative nut, too.

At least one prominent muslim leader likes him:

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8509110468