Had she chosen her location for city clean up purposes carefully on last Saturday, acting City Mayor Mary Broh would still be in love with the Liberian Muslims community. However, that was not the case and she has fallen out of love with the community which is asking for her dismissal.

In Liberia and elsewhere, Mary Broh’s act of vandalism has sparked massive outcry among Muslims who are outrage at her insensitivity and arrogance in executing her so-called clean up exercise. Her target for the cleanup bid was the Benson Street mosque, where praying Muslims were breaking fast during this holy month of Ramadan.

FELMAUSA, LIMANY and other notable organizations as well as individual Liberians, both Muslims and non Muslims have condemned the act and asked President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to kick Mary Broh out of her government.

Madam Broh, until recently has fallen out of love with most Liberians, especially the marketers who have been victimized by her act of vandalism in the name of "cleaning up" the city.

The New York resident and close friend to the Liberian leader has set fire on market stalls in parts of Monrovia, in which thousands of dollars worth of goods have been destroyed. All in the name of "cleaning up" Monrovia.

On Saturday last week, Madam Broh sought her target, the Benson Street mosque and led a band of unruly uniformed officers to vandalized and disrupt Ramadan activities at the mosque. Madam Broh has angered Muslims who are not only calling for her immediate dismissal by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, but that she must be prosecuted for act of vandalism against Liberian she claimed to be serving.

In fact reports from Liberia indicate that had it not been for prominent Muslim leader, Sheikh Kafumba Konneh, who intervened and calmed angry Muslims at the Benson Street mosque Tuesday, the Liberian Government would be having a serious situation to deal with.

A press release from the Forum for the Advancement of Liberian Mandingoes & their Descendants (FALMD) said the presence of Sheikh Kafumba Konneh, who is Chairman of the National Muslim Council of Liberia immensely helped in putting a situation under control.

Sheikh Konneh admonished the angry young Muslims that violence was not Islamic and despite the gross wrong that has been instituted against them they should peacefully pursue their rights through legal and legitimate means that will in no way undermine the peace and tranquility that Liberia is currently experiencing.

FALMD, NAMSAL visit Benson Street Mosque to demonstrate unflinching solidarity with Muslims, quell off looming street protest

The Forum and the National Muslim Student Association of Liberia (NAMSAL) on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 paid a courtesy and solidarity call on the Chief Imam and other officials of the Benson Street Mosque to assure them of their support in the wake of the unwarranted attack against the Muslim community by the Monrovia Acting City Mayor General Mary Broh.

The visit which was also characterized by the huge attendance of both institutions’ membership almost turned into a protest march in the streets of Monrovia when many of the attendants having gotten the actual story from Mosque officials became emotionally charged and wanted to march to the Liberian Presidency and Legislature for immediate redress.

Sheikh Konneh saved the day.

Other speakers who took similar lines in admonishing the crowd to remain peaceful and law-abiding while the National Muslim Council, Imam Council and faith-based organizations brainstorm as to the way forward.

The Acting Chairman of the newly organized Forum for the Advancement of Liberian Mandingoes and their Descendants also spoke to the press at which time he warned Mary Broh to stop her continuous aggression against Liberian Muslims all else they as an organization will institute response measures that would incapacitate the Acting City Mayor from harassing peaceful Muslims as her actions and utterances directed at Muslims were becoming unbearable and the community will no longer tolerate any attack from her.

'No one better than the other' - Broh, Muslims Smoke Peace Pipe 

Meanwhile, reports reaching FELMAUSA News suggest the embattled Liberian official, Madam Mary Broh met with Muslim leaders during a visit to the Benson Street mosque where she led unruly officers to vandalized and disrupted activities marking the holy month of Ramadan.

Madam Broh, reports say was late Tuesday night accompanied by her friend, President Sirleaf in a bid to make amends for last Saturday’s rowdiness.

The President again expressed regrets for the inconveniences worshippers may have experienced during the clean up exercise by the Force. An Executive Manson release says the President reminded the Muslim community that Liberia belongs to everyone.  There is no one person, group, religion or party that is better than the other,” she assured Liberian Muslims.

The President observed that there may be incidence sometimes, that may be unfortunate and lead to tension, “but as leaders, we must find a way to subdue it and go beyond the event in the interest of unity and peace in Liberia.”

President Johnson Sirleaf said her visit to the Mosque was intended to reinforce the message and reconfirm her Government’s commitment to the promotion of peace and unity in the country.

Broh, assured the Muslim leaders of more consultation between her office and heads of various groups before enforcing city ordinance in any community. Sheik Kafumba Konneh, in response, welcomed the visit by the President, describing it as a true manifestation of a true leader.  The visit, Sheik Konneh said, is a testimony of the Liberian leader’s commitment to the promotion of peace, security, happiness and unity among Liberians.

He accepted the President’s apology on behalf of the Muslim Community, promising that the Community and Muslim leaders will cooperate with authorities of the Monrovia City Corporation to ensure that the city remains cleaned.

The visit by the President to the Mosque followed a meeting Sunday between the leadership of the Muslim Community and the Liberian leader, following concerns over the reported stand-off Saturday between residents of the Benson Street community and the Special President Task Force during a routine clean up exercise.

The Force has since been dissolved by the President, on grounds that it is no longer necessary, now that the City Corporation has put in place a structure to carry out the functions for which the Task Force was set up.