^Could also be the fact that I haven't had a haircut in 1 1/2 years, but you never know....

I have long hair so maybe I should participate in here Washing your hair 3 times a week is too much? Then why am I washing my hair everyday?

So the dad's name is Suparman? He should blame his grandfather then.....

LOL man, Rudy's always on point. Haneefah, that's a phrase I heard that describes Calgary. "Kaalay oo gariir", or "come and shake", because you'll start shaking from all the stress from living in this dump.

I don't find it funny that worshippers are being robbed of their possessions, but I do find it amusing that a single cat can cause a stampede What happened to all these stories I've heard about Somalis killing cats simply because the cat was following them? And yet apparently they ain't so tough

Obviously the numbers aren't reliable, but I would venture to guess that yes, Somalia's population isn't growing and is remaining at pre-war levels. This would obviously be due to high death rates from malnutrition and war, but also from high migration rates. People are willing to cramp themselves like sardines into a boat that they know they could very well be thrown off of before they even make it to Yemen, in order to leave the place. So these numbers only show Somalia's population levels, but if they took into account the number of Somalis within the diaspora, it would be much. much higher.

Allah ya raxma, Allahu naxariisto.

You guys are all my black friends!!

I hate watching these videos.

Johnny, you got some deep questions that I would suspect none of us have the answer for. Try asking a sheik if you're truly interested in finding the answer, unless you're just trying to bait us into a futile argument. I've engaged in such childishness in the past.....

^Looks like Johnny has a protege! What the hell is Eth, Gizimoth and Booblefrip? Is this from a Harry Potter book? Anyways, this world is not meant to be perfect. It is merely a test of our faith, and we all endure hardships in our lives, some of us endure more than others. Don't think it's fair? Bring it up with the Man upstairs!! You'll get your chance to complain to Him someday. Too bad that at that time, you'll have much bigger problems on your mind.

Geez, why does no one ever want to go trekking through Canada? Just kidding, have a safe trip Val and have fun!!

Million Women Rise demonstration 5000 women Am I missing something here? Sounds like false advertising to me

^I don't think anyone looks at the SOL facebook group anymore LOL I'd check it out if I was there, but I'm too far away.

First the Polish, then the Bulgarians, and now you gotta deal with Italians too? Poor sods.

Well, I guess you guys can at least enjoy your Monday off, always look on the briiiiiiight siiiiiiide of life! Val, I'd rather have neither a blanket of snow nor a heatwave , but for February, the weather is great out here right now at 0 degrees.

I don't know why I know more than you, maybe because I watched the news for once? They were saying that it's heading north and go through Scotland, but they're probably better prepared for it than you southerners At the same time as this is going on in England, Australia is having a heat wave. I'm sure they both would like to switch places right now.

Originally posted by *Ibtisam*: ^^^^YEah yeah we get it Caadaan you guys cope better :rolleyes: It's not that we can cope better, it's just that I'm xaasid It's not very often that England has snow and we don't, so I shall get my chuckles in at your expense while I can. It's OK, you can laugh at me when we get snow again. Do they even have snowplows over there? The BBC said it was gonna get worse.

I was watching the BBc talking about the snow in London, and I must say that's a quite a bit of snow *pfffft* Yeah, that's enough to cripple a nation innit *chuckle* The worst snowfall since 1991. Over here, that would be the worst snowfall since last month.

LOL buncha pansies in UK, the whole place shuts down because of some snow. Over here, the snow's melting.

As always, I put my name in for Canadian ambassador.

It seems with Abdullahi Yusuf gone and the Ethiopian army withdrawing(or already withdrawn, I'm not sure), the political entity known as AL-shabaab has been making huge gains, controlling a large part of southern Somalia much like the Islamic Courts Union in 2006. Also, as with the ICU in 2006, we are seeing a large number of people coming out of the woodwork with statements and accusations that are hateful at times, with various reasons as to why they don't support them, such as: "They are only using the diin for their own political gains." "They are biased towards certain qabiils." "They rule through fear, and that is the only reason why there is peace and stability in the regions they control." Another disturbing thing I have noticed is the name-calling towards them, such as "xayawaan", "Taliban", and stating that the Ethiopian army would be a better option. Not only are these statements disheartening, but the members who are saying them is also something I find shocking. I thought we were above this kind of childish name-calling. How can we say we're better than the ones we speak against when we use names like the ones we've said? Keep in mind that I do agree that we need to be critical of any government or political group, and that we should have the right to do so without the fear of repercussions from those groups. I also do not condone the recent stoning of the teenage girl who was allegedly raped, nor do I condone any actions which go against what Islam teaches, whether it be such things as qabiil favouritism or suicide bombings. But we also need to remember that we shouldn't attribute those acts to Al-shabaab automatically unless we know it to be 100% true. Just because it says in the newspaper, doesn't mean it's true. Our prophet SCW told us in a hadith to make 70 excuses for your brothers and sisters, but for a lot of us, we don't seem to be even thinking of an excuse. Al-shabaab is bad, and nothing is gonna change my mind. This line of thinking is wrong in my opinion. So anyways, to conclude, I have a couple of questions for the members of SOL, and I would like to hear as many opinions as possible: 1. Why do we seem to criticize those gov'ts and groups who claim to fight for Islam and implement sharia law, more harshly than those who don't? Why is it that we seem to expect them to be perfect? For example, it has been claimed that Al-shabaab members stoned to death a teenage girl for adultery, while it was later found out that she was actually raped. Why is it that we are calling for their heads and calling them all kinds of names, while for example, we don't bat an eye when someone wrongly convicted of murder, fries in the electric chair in America? Is it because we don't expect the gov't or the police or the courts to give a sh*t because they're not representing any religion, and we should expect mistakes to be made? 2. My other question is more for my own knowledge. Honestly, I haven't paid much attention to Somali news since the ICU got kicked out in Dec 2006 and I don't really know much about Al-shabaab, other than that they came from the remnants of the ICU. So what I'm wondering is, who are they? Do they even have a leader? What are their aims, other than bringing sharia law back? Do they plan on taking back lands such as Somali Galbeed and the NFD in Kenya? I can't be bothered to look them up on the internet, I'm feeling lazy these days LOL So anyways, enlighten me, my friends.

^If that's the case, I'll be single the rest of my life.

I don't get it. Are we revealing our ages using a long and drawn out mathematical way? In that case, I'm 100 minus 90 plus 5, times 2.

Off to sleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........