On this special day of Thanksgiving, The Gambia Echo wishes its readership a very happy and peaceful Thanksgiving and prays that mankind will be wiser as we inch towards a new year. We also pray that America be a wiser nation and be blessed with wiser leaders whose foresight will bring about lasting peace in the world.

Similarly, we seize this opportunity to wish all a very blessed Tobaski (Muslim feast of Eid) and ask for forgiveness from those we have trespassed and pray that Muslims all over the world reflect on the raging violence in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq and use this occasion to preach peace, love and respect among the faithful.