Assalamu Alaykum Sisters and Brothers in Islam I just came back from a two week absence from the web, to say that I was surprised would be an understatment, it is nothing that I've envisioned or hoped for, but life throws challenges to those least expecting it. My philosophy in life has been to live below my point of breakdown, or as engineers call it tolerance limit, after which we all breakdown due to the sheer stress of the job at hand. The more that I have lowered my limit of self assesment and acted accordingly, the higher Nomads have elevated me, what scares me is that, I may be pushed to my highest point of failure if i am not careful! isnt that the way many people before us have met their fate? I am indeed honored to be nominated to become a moderator on this forum, I thank all of you who have wished me well, and further, I pray that Allah sees me in a similar way, as his assessment of my deeds is whatt counts when push comes to shove in the day of judgment. After viewing the lineup of moderator names on SOL forum, I should I say, it is one of the best collection of Somali brothers and siters, If only they would exclude me. Trust, Amaanah, was offered to the mountains, the earth and the heavens, they all declined, poor mankind, assumed it, mankind was indeed unjust to himself by accepting more than his fare share of load, due to his ignorance to the requirements of the responsibility and the dangerous impact of his negligence. In conclusion, this is an occasion of mixed feelings for me, on one hand, i can count on your prayers, which is the greatest motivator for me, on the other hand, playing the bad cop, is not an easy job as i do not enjoy judging others and their thoughts, i always judge mine and always work on improving it, and then in a friendly way, share my successes stories as the best way that i can influence others to do likewise, in essence, Dawa leadership thorugh example and action, not mere words. Nur

Americanism Religion Fundementals Edited for Somali Refugees Chapter One Americanism on Life The Americanism Religion has established a deacon for the search for extraterrestial life. This diocese who works under the theologists at NASA, have swept 5% of the sky and found no other life, intelligent or not, so the deacon decided, to accellerate the distruction of the planet as a response, by inciting the conflict of civilizations and religions to bring an end to history. The institute that is intrusted to look for lifeforms in depths of the oceans and the edge of Universe care less if children in Africa can survive a famine this summer, because these bloated bellied naked and crying children in Uganda, are not the same species to warrant an alarm for church members. So these can be wasted, and no one would argue. But the church is worried about fanatics who advocate for the animal rights, and the Redwoods in Nothern California. Americanism on Justice The Americanism church has appointed judicial system that protects the rights of the faithful. Here is how it works: The faithful elect a clergy member for the church who they pay him elected and then he sells them a piece of lost-paradise ( American Dream). The clergy can perform burial tituals even for dogs as long as the dogs are paying. The archdiocese teaches that justice is the distribution of wealth of the planet to the Rich, robbing from the poor, and by giving 5% of world population the right to consume 80% of world resources and if anyone fails to understand that logic, they are told to believe in political miracles. The church teaches that there is only one life to live and it can be best enjoyed at Sunset boulevard, fifth Avenue, the Hawaiian Island of Mawi and Palm Beach, Florida. As for punishment, there is Ghazza, Guantanamo, Afghamistan, Somalia, and Iraq. The church does not recognize a nine month ald fetus as human, so best time to kill a person according to the female members of this great church is when they are s fetus, acually you can collect some benefits by killing fetuses if you donate them to the branch of the church that undertakes research and cloning. Historical, the church has ordained some human sacrifices In WWII, the Killing of 70000 Japanese was justified to protect the fishing vessels in Hawaii, since the Japanese can reach and drop bombs on San Fransisco's Fisherman's Warf and New York's little Italy Pizzarias. Millions of Vietnamese in the Vietnams War, Millions of Europeans in WWII, Millions in the mideast have so far been sacrificed by the church, the latest being the Iraqi Kids who were watching Fox news News when Tomahauks were sent to libereate them. The church has admitted that it can not stop this madness alone since it has a commitment to buy the weapons of mass destruction to employ the faithful, by using weapons of Mass Disinformation ( aka Media), to keep the factories running and the Banks recycling Stolen money printed by the Church's Financial Custodians ( Feds) who perform the miracle of turning paper to Gold. So, when some of the international affiliate churches commit heresy by refusing to use the blessed Dollar, the Church declares wars. These wars are like forest fires,the church reasons, they sweep the world every ten years taking away inferior life forms that threaten Church goers lifestyle to make room for good life in America. This cycle always coincides with cycle of recession when the church normally ordains new priests who preach wars and destruction in poor parts of the world. So the church spent the lst century fighting Communism, and Communism disappeared. Now there is the menace of a new threat to the church and it is called Terrorism. Lesson Two Terrorism. Americanism Church can not define terrorism, so I will try o explain what it means in my own way. When a person has fear of hights, that person has a desease that ends with ....Phobia. Some people have a desease in which they fear their mother in Law it is called Motherinlawphobia. So some members of the church buy a gun and shoot her, Terrorism can justify her killing is pre-emptive killing which under the Church's Fatwa Edict, is permissible, specially if the mother in Law is Muslim or a brown person or both. Toddlerphobia, is the fear of toddlers breaking your expensive artifact from China. You can throw the toddler from the balcony, or waterboard all five of your children in the bath tub, ( As seen on American TV) as a follower of the church of compassion. Psychologists see this all the time in America. Now, people in the Mideast have their own phobia And the people in the land of Amerigo Vespucci have their own phobia The people in the Mideast feel threatened by Coca Cola, Pepsi and McDonalds. They have phobia of "freedoms" given by the Americanism church like Arch Bishop Hugh Heffner's Cult, the People of Soddom and Gommorrah, and the marginalization of their religion by the mighty Americanism religion. The Church leaders in the Americanism religion are threatened by the Coca Cola Phobia spreading in Muslim world. Because the church believes that there should be only one religion in the world, Americanism, If you are not with Americanism religion, you are against it. The faithful must be babtized by Coca Cola holy water. Bishop Hugh Heffener shows Muslims how anyone can find paradise in Americanism religion without dying as a martyr, the American Archbishop has the most beautiful women around him and he changes them weekly, a clear sign that shows how the church values women by taking their closthes off and selling them for profits to worshipper. The church is afraid about extremist organizations who conspire to put clothes back on women beautiful bodies, specially the veil. The church thinks that if women are veiled, they will talk smart behind the veil, and no man can babe her anymore, this terrorizes the members of the church who can not tame their hormones. Lesson Three Democracy for Dummies As a slow reader, I usually look for titles like (...For Dummies) which makes me comfortable, I reason, if dummies can learn OOPS ( Object oriented Programming) so can I. As an extension of that statement I searched for Democracy for Dummies and I could not find the title, so I decided to author it myself, here is a head start: Democracy is a composite Greek word, Demo, means Dumb people and Cratis means rule or power. It is equivalent to Republic which is the same thing in Latin, meaning Re = king and Public is People , which means the peoples Kingdom. The idea of Democracy was to to give the power to the people and take it away from feudals, Popes and Emperors of mideaval Europe. To make a long story even longer, Democracy has many engineering flaws, it does not work, but somepeople believe it does and that is how it really works. ( The reason it does not work is because it was not invented by scientists, because scientists use rats to see if it works) 1. Democracy was not meant to be an ellitist or controlled by the wealthy. Fact: Today, demographics tell us that ignorant people sell their votes for the highest bidder, usually political action lobbies representing organizations who support a politician with election money in order to make the politician sign billions of money as a return, a great investment. 2. Democracy was meant to be secular Fact : USA is being run by the Neocons, a Fundementalist Protestant and Jewish Zealots. Some Democracies in Europe are religious , for example in Germany, Italy and others there are religious parties that are named Christian Democrats. With an exception in MBT (Military Bullied Turkey), no Islamic Democratic Party is allowed in Turky, the word Islam is banned to appear in any political forum, so the Islamists cover themselves with Virtue , Justice etc. In India the BJP, tyhe Ultra riligious Hindu Party is enjoying the overwhelming Hindu Vote, the largest democracy on earth is religiously motivated, with a religious agenda. In Israel, Ultra Religious parties are fueling the motivation of the exisitence of the Jewsih state founded in 1949 on Plaistininan usurped lands, Without these religious parties, no one can justify the exisitence of Israel, a racial and religious entity which uses Democracy as a shield against criticism, in its drive to collect donations for its armed forces and settlers who encrouch on Palistinian Lands ever day. In Algeria, the Islamists were winning the election when the European backed Military intervened against the eventual victory for the Islamists, their hopes crushed, a civil war erupted. 3. Democracy is meant to represent the majority of citizens of the republic. The majority of Americans stay away from voting every year, because the only choices are a Donkey and an Elephant, this year the elephant is in power in all houses and the elephant is charging like a bull in Papillona Bull Chasing festival in Iraq, the elephant is mad, everyone is keeping their heads down. If the majority truly rules, the following tally should appear in TV Democrats = 15 percent of votes Republicans = 16 percent of votes Unsatisfied citizens silent Party = 69 percent of the votes So this year, NO BODY FOR PRESIDENT. Mr. Nobody will make a great president in my opinion. Imagine a four year period in which you go about your life and you hear no politicians lies. Democracy, a lie with weak feet to run on whose moment of truth arrived. Nurtell Religious Politics Studies Institute The Light side of the heavy stuff

Xoogsade Bro I cant give you a fatwa, but I can post a past lampoon of mine comparing and contrasting Americanism religion with Islam. Enjoy Nomads This is an earlier e-Nuri Post the contents are timeless, enjoy reading. DISCLAIMER The information in this Post and ideas delivered with it is intended only for the sole purpose of Edutainment ( combination of entertainment and education), Ideas presented in this post should be discussed cautiously at home or at heavily populated fadhi ku dirir cafe's. as it may contain hilarious material as well as useful knowledge. 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Statements and opinions expressed in this post are those of the the fictional Cag Biciid pesronality alone, and do not necessarily reflect those of Somaliaonline nor of Nur, e-Nuri, Nurtel Communications or its subsidiaries. Nurtel Communications should not be confused with Nortel Networks, the Canadian based Telecom manufacturer, further, Nurtel Communications is not owned by Somaliaonline, Warlords, Somaliland, Puntland or the TNG, nor is there any negoatiations for purchase by said entities. This disclaimer was prepared under the influence of strong Somali Tea, the strongest substance used by the writer ever. A Tale Of Two Religions Americanism and Islam, a comparison. These days one can not escape but see comparsions of Islam and the new great world Religion called Americanism. As a former priest of Americanism, and currently a simple muslim at peace with himself and the world, I thought some bridging of gaps of misunderstanding may help. The cornerstone and the foundation of the Americanism Theology is a concept called: PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS This concept simply states that as long as what you do does not negatively affect others, you are entitled to pursue it and enjoy it. It allows gays to get married, but due to the negative impact of polygamy to society, polygamy is prohibited. The Americanism church is sometimes kind enough to declare your additional wife as a girlfriend. The Americanism Religion does not explain life after death, and what is in store for Americans after they die, it leaves this part to a myriad of religions including Islam to explain. Americanism religion stresses The value of this life and how one should fully enjoy it while it lasts. This concept is transmitted through sermons aired by TV , movies, Billboards and the lists go on. So many followers of the Americansim religion try to be happy and not to worry specially when they lose their jobs, houses repossesed, wife runs away with boyfriend and leaves behind a dog to look after if she is kind to him. Later, this follower of this great world religion, out of joy takes advantage of his rights, the right to die, and jumbs from the Brooklyn Bridge to pursue happiness. Some other followers of the Americanism religion, have it all, money, power, looks, ..., but late at night when he is alone, ponders the purpose of life, why I am here, what is my function, why so many people hate me, why are they envious of my success, this follower of this great world religion, is trying to pursue happiness, so in the morning his body is found floating on his expensive pool. Police say he took his life, and reporters explain that he was always depressed due to all the money he had that failed to fill the void that he could not explain. Islam also encourages followers to pursue happiness, But it teaches the way to be happy is to first understand the purpose for which people live. Islam explains in layman's terms the beginning and the end and it teaches that initially mankind was happy, they lived in the garden of Eden. There was no worry nor pain. Mankind fell from grace due to his disobedience to his maker and obedience to his arch enemy, Satan. Islam teaches that to be happy again, one has to strive to attain his lost paradise where true happiness can be claimed back again. So when you do actions that lead you to your destination, a Muslim becomes happy, like benevolence, charity, prayers etc. Muslims enjot these acts and find relief doing it. Right To Life Second Principle that both religions Americanism and Islam share is the sanctity of life. Americanism religion began as a religion that saw human life through a Prism. Different colors were assigned different rights and different values. Some colors did not even enjoy the care and love shown to dogs and cats. Later, through the acive participation of christianity, this moral imbalance was narrowed, and the Americanism church reevaluated the sanctity of human life and came up with a new (Fatwaa) Edict stating that those with money go up in the church's hierarchy, and those with no money are at the bottom and should serve their masters. So, if you have any money, the church overlooks your problems and the high priest of the church will forgive you in exchange of a donation to one of the clergy at the congregation congress. Islam sees the value of human life as sanctified by his maker, all colors are the decendants of the same couple, in effect, David Duke and Malcolm X are brothers, so are Sharon and Hitler, all four can be a happy family under Islam, can you imagine all these guys hugging each other out of joy saying Assalamu Alaikum, Peace upon you. The Right To Bear Arms Americanism Religion states that every human has the right to defend their lives and properties, as they are sanctified. Even when the state tries to take these rights away, a follower of the American religion, specially the extremist faction the NRA , is taught not to obey his church of Red-White-and-Blue. So bearing arms for ones deffense is a cornerstone in Americanism Religion. Islam teaches followers the same idea, It teaches one must deffend his life, properties and religion this concept is called Jihad. Jihad is not meant to transgress, as Islam teaches not to transgress but even to forgive for the sake of kindness to attract others to Islam. Islam does not teach aggression, it teaches compassion. But when one is endangered, it teaches to defend his religon, life and properties, in that order. The right to Privacy Americanism religion teaches that no one should violate peoples privacy. To secure the privacy of its faithful, Americansm religion has created the worlds largest machine and collection of talent and gadgets to peek into the lives of the faithful to be able to locate violations before one contemplates doing them. Now the Americanism church can even tell you what is in your mind. A follower of this church is always aware of his Big Priest behind his shoulder. Islam teaches the same thing. Privacy should not be violated. Three verses in the Holy Quraan assure this fundemental right whose meaning are. 1. O ye who believe, do not enter houses that are not yours without the permission of the owners and greeting the inhabitants. 2. Approach houses (when you want to enter them) through the doors (right venues, not from alleys) 3.Do not spy on one another. Islam does not judge you by intentions, but by actions only an example was when a man threatened ti kill Omar, the second Caliph, Omar asked not to prosecute, and the man Abu Luulu'ah went ahead with his threat and stabbed the Caliph while in prayer. The caliph asked not to punish the man beyoud what he has committed. Ronald Reagan did the same, but then, the assailant kid came from a rich family. 2002 Nurtell Communications From the archives

Dear Positive You write: "For me Al Hallaaj was killed by menn who had less SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE compared to him." Could it be that Al Hallaaj's killers had their own SPIRITUAL EXPIRIENCE? Nur

Lucky Star You ask: " How Can One Understand What ONe Says If There Is Language Barrier?And Its kinda hard to swaLLow that ALL of my Prayers MAY have NOT been accepted because I didnt Understand(fuLLy).So Can You Touch ON this Issue a Bit more ?" The Faatiha is the heart of our prayer ( Salaat), the word Salaat, has the same root for Silah, which means connection, thus our prayer is a session and a protocol that connects us to Allah SWT. It was repsored that our Messneger SAWS said that we earn a share of our prayers, a fourth, third a half and so on, depending on the quality of our commucincation, the quality in turn depends on many aspects such as khushuuc, serenity, present mind, and understanding of your own words, so if we understand the meaning of the words of the Fatiha, we are more likely to benefit from our prayer, if not, we may not. My advice is that you make an effort to at least understand the Fatiha well in your native language. Nur

Wiilo sis Go for it, we need to present Islam in its objectivity, universal message of inner peace, tolerance, clean living, environmental friendliness, ( Weapons of Mass Destruction of all living things are Haraam, even as a deterent), goodwill for all mankind and hope, Allah is Good, he loves Goodness. Removing evil takes tactfulness, wisdom and a lot of patience and perseverance. Nur

Mutakallim bro writes: " Freedom is only attained when one controls, as it were, the ever-adamant appetite of the carnal desires ". A welll put statement underscoring the spirit of Ramadan, a month to park our carnal yearnings for Sweneson's ice cream at day time, a month to train our hearts to the heavens to recieve signals of guidance. Viking writes: " Allah SWT says that everything that is bad comes from within ourselves; without seeking to attain inward perfection (freedom within, that gives us guidance), how then can we build a society that is just ? " Does it ever occur to most Nomads that in Ramadan we are freeing ourselves from desires, evil, hate, contempt of others, as we seek Allah, we become inert to the material world around us and focus our energy within our souls to rebuild our moral high ground to rebuild a society that is just. Nur

Sheherezade I let him go because the Iqaamah for the prayer was on, I had to step back and fall in line with the Jamaacah. I saw good dreams past Ramadans specially in the last ten days, and dreams were seen for me by associates of mine, a dream that surprised me was when someone ( Non Somali Muslim) who had no idea about my SOL Islamic Forum activism told me that he saw me in his dream, being watched on a monitor by a crowd of black people ( Somalis reading Nur posts) and fair skinned people ( Non Somalis also reading Nur posts ) wearing hospital gowns as if they are sick. May Allah cure the hearts of those non Somalis who are in search of truth on this forum. The best of dreams are not only those we see or those seen for us, but the dreams we realize here and there, to make it to Paradise, Jannah inshAllah. Nur

Shaherezade Congratulations! That dream was indeed a message for something positive you are involved with, some actual good deed that you may have done recently, or good intentions in this holy season( Acamaal al niyaat) or finding a good answer for a question in your beliefs. Interpreting the dream for you: The fact that you spotted the Prophet SAWS in a crowd shows you the complexity of issues that are facing you these days, complex issues that are coming between you and the straight path, further it shows that you will soon focus your sights on the Prophet ignoring these side distractions, your very sight of the Prophet SAWS shows that you will finally set your foot on his path and get closer to him spiritually, how close? well, this dream left you in suspence for a purpose: Keep your eyes on the Prophet's Sunnah SAWS( ways and means ). I know how it feels to be honored to see the Prophet SAWS in dreams, In my case, I had the rare opportunity of a repeated dreams, in both of these dreams, I was praying behind him in the same Mosque that I used to pray, the first time, I Just knew that I was praying beind the Prophet SAWS, it felt great wallahi, its nothing that I can describe now how I felt after i woke up that morning. The second time around, it was indeed very special, I embraced him passionately, like my father who came from a long trip, his face was a beaming vivacious rounded face, more of an asian color, average hight n' weight in a white rope and probably a turban, it was a joyful experience. Allah SAWT says: " ( O Muhammad) tell (Muslims) if you indeed love Allah then follow me, Allah will Love you" Make Salaat on soul of the Prophet SAWS often, at least ten times in the morning and ten time at night, to gurantee his Shafaacah( Intecession) in case you come short of credits to qualify you for Jannah, follow his path, like sitting and chatting with the poor and afficted, good character, tolerant, patient, easy going, thoughtful and always preparing for the next life. Nur

i-Nuri Somali Language Publications Presents: Xasuusta Allah SWT ( Remembrance of Allah ) Walaalayaal; Waxaan shaki laheyn in wax walba loo uumay sabab, haddii waxaas sababtii loo uumay uu ku sugan yahay, waa sidii la rabay, haddii kale se oo wixii loo uumay uusan ku sugneyn, ama uu la yimaaddo hwol cusub, dhibaato ayaa laga fishaa ama cudur meeshii laga filan lahaa waxtar. Qalbiga banii aadanka, waxaa loo uumay jeceylka iyo xasuusta kii abuuray, inta uu qalbigaasugan yahay xasuusta kii uumay, qalbigaas lagama yaabo inuu ka baxo jeceylka Allah iyo daacadiisa. Qalbigu waa xubinta ay u hoggaansan yihiin xubnaha kale ee korka, haddii markaas qalbiga laga waayo xasuusta Allah iyo jeceylkiisa, korka intiisa kale lagama yaabo in ay Allah u hoggansamaan sidii ku habbooneyd Allah SWT. Xasuusta Allah wexey dhalisaa jeceylka Allah, sidaasoo kalena jeceylka Allahna wuxuu dhaliyaa, xasuustiisa. Xasuusta Allah ama Dhikrigiisa waxaa noo faray Allah markuu yidhi ( i xasuusta, waan idin xasuusane, iina mahad celiya, hana ismoogeysiinina nicmadddeyda ( Takfuruun) ) Xasuusta Allah SWT waxaa ku jirta waxtar badan, oo aan ka soo qaadaneyno intii noo suuro gasha wexey culimadu sheegeen. Dhikriga Allah SWT: 1. Wuxuu eryaa sheydaanka. Qofka intuu carrabikiisa ku hayo xasuusta Allah sheydaan uma soo dhawaado. 2. Allah ayuu raalli geliyaa 3. Walwalka iyo murugta ayuu ka qaadaa qalbiga 4. Wuxuu keenaa farxadda 5. Wuxuu xoojiyaa qalbiga 6. Wajjiga ayuu nuuriyaa 7. Arzaaqda ayuu furaa 8. Wuxuu dhaxalsiiya qofka Allah xasusta haybad, iyo karaamad 9. Wuxuu dhaxalsiiya qofka xasuusta Allah inuu Allah iska jiro. 10. Allah ayuu ku dhoweeyaa 11. Wuxuu dhaxalsiiyaa jeceylka Allah oo ah ruuxa Islaamka 12. Wuxuu furaa fahamka diinta iyo culuumteeda 13. Wuxuu ku dhaxalsiiyaa in Allah uu ku xasuusto. 14. Dhikrigu waa nolosha Qalbga, qalbi aan Allah xasuusneyn, waa kalluun biyaha laga saarey. 15. Dhikrigu waa quutka, ama cunnada qalbiga. 16. Qalbiga ayuu ka nadiifiyaa midhidhka iyo dunuubta 17. Wuxuu kaa shuqliyaa xanta iyi danbiga 18. Meeshha Allah lagu xusu waxaa imaata malaaigta 19. Wuxuu kaa nabad gelyaa walwalka maalinka qiyaamaha, maxaa yeelay ma jirto saacad ku soo martay oodan Allah ku xasuusan oo aan aakhiro ka shallaynin inaad Allah illowday. 20. Qofka ku mashquula xuska Allah waxaa la siiyaa waxaan la siinnin kuwa Allah barya. 21. Waa cibaadad ugu sahlan, uguna fadli badan qofkii ka faaideysta 22. Xasuusta Allah waa abuurka jannada. Maanta intaas ayaan ku joojineynaa, si tafaq tiranna hadduu Allah yidhaado ayaan uga hadli doonnaa faaidooyinkaas iyo kuwa kale. Nur 2003 i-Nuri Softwano Series

Ngonge " As awful as my words would sound, I believe the best man for the job has finally been chosen! Give him a stick big enough and let him beat us all into total compliance. As the former UN envoy to Somalia remarked all those years ago, Somalia now is like a broken glass! Diplomacy, trade or intellectualism will not put that glass back together again (nor will the king’s horses or men). No, what’s needed is an expert glassmaker, one that will unleash his fire on all the scattered pieces and glue them all back together again " Answer: This is a dangerous suggestion, you are talking totalitarianism, from pure Anarachy to pure totalitarianism is like pasteurizing Somalia, are you suggesting we are germs? Bashi writes " Now, the recent development is the second best thing for Somalis on the ground that paid the price of the civil war. Any government is better than the civil war, the disintegration and the fiefdoms, and the total breakdown of civil institutions " Answer: Bashi, take a plane to Dubai to Somali Civil Institutions, where all business disputes are settled in 5 star hotels, Somalia can be run remotely from Dubai instead of Addis, if we have to serve masters it helps to be based in oil rich nations not poor African nations, you cant get rich hanging around poor people. Jumatatu Writes: " The best thing about SOL political section was its simplicity, short and straight to the point " Answer: Simplicity leaves a lot to be desired, specially in the case of war torn Somalia, it is better to unearth as much worms as we can before we go to bed with thr wrong settlement. Caaqil Writes: " The government of somalia is a government by the warlords,For the warlords " Answer: That is obvious, but we need to figure out wher this settlementy leads in the near fututre, peace or another round of violence. Oda-Nabunga writes: " Our prewar educational infrastructure were of a high quality and reached a far greater number of somalis " Answer: Somali Anarchists are proud to say that the level of education of Somalis as a whole has improved, not necessarily within the borders of Somalia, but look outside, Sudan is hosting the largest concentration of Somali students in its colleges, hundreds od scholarships help many others to study in Pakistan, India, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, of course students buy these scholarships from unpaid Somali Ambassadors with money sent by refugee relatives abroad, add to this the large refugee concentration in North America , UK and the rest of the world who are pursuing state of the art education, how can you then say that the old system was better in education?, give Anarchy a break! Cag Bakayle 2004 Somali Anarchist Declaration

Rayaana sis Sideyda oo kale waxaad ku duceysataa bishan Ramadaanka ah. Allow ha nagu la dhaqmin waxaan ehal u nahay oon kaa mudan nahay ( Cadaab), ee waxaad nagula dhaqantaa waxaad adiga Ehel u tahay oo ah DULQAADKAAGA iyo RAXMAD. In aan ogaanno meeshaan ka gaabinno waa tallabada hore ee towbada, Allaha na waafajiyo wax walba uu Allah jecel yahay iyo Sunnada Rasuuliisa SAWS , Amin. Nur

Bashi Bro. You write: Where we go from here and whether the current crop of politicians can pull this one off is something that remain to be seen. To answer your question YES it seems that way for now. For Somali state to succeed, if revived and if it survives from the internal squabbles inherent in the federal charter, it will depend on the goodwill of the IGAD states . Brother Can we trust IGAD? Nur

Baashi bro I've to come back to answer your post, but I am furious about how you've belittled Anarchy. Anarchy gave Somalia the following: 5 Airlines 13 Telecom Companies 6 Major Banks Many Hospitals, Schools, Universities, and the list goes on The Problem is not Anarchy for you to say the absense of a government is the main problem, the problem is the interference of outside world of in our domestic ingenuity and genious, Somalis have proven to the world that governments in the old sense can be outsourced to businessmen like me. Cag Bakayle Somali Anarchist Declaration

Bashi and MOJAM Thanks for taking your input. Some of the questions are trick questions, as an example, question number of one (1) seems to be straight forward, but after thinking fast forward about our choice of government drawn along tribal affiliations, not competency and honsety, its hard to imagine that one can reap a sweet fruit by planting a painful thorn tree. The Nairobi show was all about exploiting our soft spot, our yearning for peace after years of tears, it was an expedient solution that may have served foreign interests before Somaia's. Expediency has its benefits, and peace may not be one of its dividents from the current setup that heavily depends on foreign intervention and aid as a security measure from violence. What can assure the Somali public that peace is on the way this time around? after all, foreign intervention failed in bringing peace to many other regions in the world. If we were indeed tired from violence as the question posed, the most sustainable peace that we could have devised would be the home-grown peace formula, while the present formula is based on a cheating game to buy time for all factions to strengthen their respective political positions in this saga, for the next wave of assured violence as mountains of hybernating issues wait to be sorted out which undoubtedly would caus a friction that could spill over the whole pie, leaving a little for edible peace for the rest of us to celebrate for. The answer is Yes and No, yes in the case for those who want peace and hate violence, and No for those who have benefited from violence for the past 13 years and continue benefiting from it by securing seats in the Parliament and Cabinets as MPs and Ministers. Their only qualification being salesmen of doom and fear. How can such men deliver solutions for progress, in Education, Environment, Public Safety, Agriculture, Industry, etc. let alone negotiate or broker the peace that will guarantee all these in all honestly? Politicians are generally not reliable when it comes to truth and transparency, add to this, worlords who are transformed to become Politicians, shake the mixture well in the politicians hat, and suddenly we have the dove peace! that is sheer magic, even the great Hudini would not be able to pull. In light of above reasoning (or against it) , could you please give me reasons for your answers for Questions: # 4 # 5 # 9 # 13 # 17 # 18 Thanks in advance Nur

Somali Anarchist The Nairobi Report Extreme Opinions Department After following the "Presidential" elections in Nairobi, and after analyzing the motivations of all those involved, and idea striked me like a lightening bolt,, please be careful as you read this idea, because if you are not careful and your are not a worlord you may pass out. This extreme politics, it is raw and it can get to your nerves if you have preconcieved beliefs prior to reading the whole post. The man elected to power is a man who fought his way in to power after a strugle that lasted more than 30 years, jailed by the late Dictators of Somalia and Ethiopia, the man reached the wisdom of not trusting his friends, quickly learning the art of working with his enemies. His winning of the presidency is a vindication of his long march to power, unfortunately, the landscape has changed since he began his march to power. In Politics, the enemy of your enemy is your friend, Ethiopia after the 1977 humiliating invasion of Somali army of Ethipia under the cover of Western Somali Liberation front, never forgot that humiliation, and since then, it became a home for all political disenters Ethiopia gave a sanctuary to use them to distablize the dictatorial regime in Mogadishu. As voices of disent became louder in the early eighties, Somalia's disintegration began, first by the Northern secession movement and followed by other fronts almost all of them aided by Ethiopia. There is no question of the corruption of the past governments, the last of which reached proverbial levels, however, no one ever dared to sell the national interest to foreign powers up until the collapse of the last regime. After some 13 years of anarchy, and the denial of Somalis to have a government of their own without a foreign intervention, Somalis became ready for any government even some would welcome back the former Dictotor if he was alive today. In light of the above, Ethiopia and Kenya who were both threatened by Somalia before, led the IGAD organization in forming the current format of agreement that reduced Somalia to the status of 1950 Italian Protectorate of Somalia. in effect, we became a nation that is governed by its past enemies. IGAD being the International organization that is mandated to establish the nascent Somali Government, and whose memebers include Somalia's past enemies, worked behind doors for the past few years to fashion the type of government Somalia should have, and after weighing up the outcomes to different scenarios, came to the conclusion to put their weight on sticking with proven political allies who are expected to satisfy the stringent security requirements of Somalia's neighbors, mainly the establishment of a government who will never threaten its neighbors again. Contrary to what many analysts believed, the Nairobi Presidential outcome stunned all of those who were not in the inner circle of the political game. The pros however, knew the outcome as most of the Presidential hopefuls were mere window dressing while the real king making process was happening behind closed doors. Suddenly, we have a Presidential election that was very interesting, between a past General who spent half of his productive life in jails and away from home in exile, and a Career Diplomat who has never laid a foot in Somalia for more than 30 years except for holidays. The General won the votes by a decisive margin to quell all doubts, and immediately the world community declared that finally a believable government is formed for Somalis at last. Against that colorful political background we ask, why do we have to be ruled by Proxies? because unless you are a politician you would call a spade a spade, we need to ask if the current elected government with constituents from the tribal affiliations is a genuinely a body that is working for the interest of Somalia or if they indeed are a body created by outsiders who secured their interest through this political body? But as long as these mediocre politicians are in office, no dignified Somali will ever seek office thereby assuring the power transition from the current worlords to their less competent heirs. Some of the readers may be too tired to even think about an alternative solution, but there is one, a solution by the genious of the Somali Anarchist Declaration of Somaliaonline. The Propsoal 1. Somalia should declare that it will never be a military power again, just like Japan and Germany. ( This takes care of pretexts of foreign intervention on local politics ) 2. It should confirm its respect of current borders with neighbors and sign a peace agreement with them. 3. It should model itself like Switzerland a neutral nation, get out of the UN, out of all world bodies, with no opinion outside of its territory. 3. Somalia should then call for a National reconciliation meeting by all groups represented by intellectuals who have no past history of bigotry or a criminal record. 4. The Country must be then be allowed to be governed and guided by committee of businessmen instead of generals, who can read balance sheets and talk development issues without an interpreter. Note: Any statement that you do not agree with should be reported to Kofee Annan. Reporting From Nairobi This is Cag Bakayle, For The Somali Anarchist Declaration. 2004 i-Nuri Political Analyses --------------------------------------------------------- Yes To Anarchy, No To Progress!

Bashi Bro Thanks for taking the time for the Quiz, Will post results after more Nomads participate. Raula Sis It is Ramadan, and a major Political event has just taken place in Nairobi, and this is the Bolitikis Bage of SOL, the Quiz is meant to remotely sense and gage our understanding of this event in light of this holy month, the subliminal message about the Quiz is that honesty is the best policy. Salafi bro. Question # 5 was addressing the usage of the Quraan as the most respected holy document that Somalis use to be sworn in, the cerimony is borrowed from the modern Christian Nation states swearing on the Bible, later Muslims replaced the Bible with the Quraan. The question is meant to find out if these MPs who have sworn on the Quraan do actually respect the word of Allah enough to lead the nation in its light, or if they are jsut doing it as a formality with an intention to disobey ( Samicnaa wa caseynaa). Swearing on anything other than Allah is definetly a form of Shirk. Nur

Nomads Is Somalia going to be a Sovreign nation or are we an IGAD Protectorate managed by our former arch-Eenemy Ethiopia? Nur

1. Somalis are tired of violence 2. The New Somali Government supported by world community will succeed. 3. Our problems are all behind us now 4. Another civil war is looming in the horizon 5. The politicians who swore by the Holy Quraan, believe in the Quraan and intend to serve the Nation according to the Quran's teachings 6. The politicians this time are all honest 7. No mattter how bad current leaders are, they are the best we have 8. We have no choice but to make this government work, nothing else worked before. 9. The President will have more power than the Constitution allows him, and he does not take a NO for an answer. 10. The President is worrid about how to share power with his prime Minsiter. 11. IGAD will share power with the Prime Misnister 12. IGAD Directors will share power with the cabinet Misisters 13. IGAD officials will manage all financial management for Somalia 14. The New government will not be effective, Somalis today are different than Somalis after the fall of Siad regime, they are entrepreneurs who need less government and more business freedoms. 15. The President is very healthy, he will be able to carry out his cerimonial duties and political influence easily. 16. Votes cast in Nairobi for the presidential elections were done with ethics and honesty. 17. The New President is dependent on IGAD and Ethiopia for decision making. 18. Becouse the MPs were honest in selecting the President fairly, they will carry out their duties with integrity and honesty, in other words they will not steal public funds. 19. Because Somalia is weakend, it is no longer a threat to its neighbors, thus it does not matter what happens in Somalia the next 50 years. 20. The new Somali government's main undeclared mandate is to fight religious extremism to make Somalia a modern State like Kenya and Ethiopia Nur 2004 i-Nuri Somali Anarchist Declaration (SAD)

Caaqil Time to reflect back on our great heroes, men who boost our tribal prestige, men who congregate in Nairobi to work diligently for their tribes interest, men who make peace in Nairobi as a breathing time tactic for the next wave of violence, great politicians indeed. Cag bakayle Signing off

Rahima sis Ramadan Kareem Chinese say " Man open mouth too long before fried duck fly in his mouth" Islamic State the only Solution? Do we all agree on the problem first? If yes, what are the problems to be solved by an islamic State? Nur

MaaShaaAllah Tabaarkallah, wa laa nuzakii calaa Allahi axad. A well done reminder, May Allah place this deed in your balance sheeta a day when a soul shall encounter all that it had earned. A great piece by any measure. A very deep piece indeed, if you all allow me to share my thoughts on it: PK writes: Our soul is a mirror. The more we purify it, the more and the better we can reflect the Names of the Beloved. This rank, a truly elevated position that reached by chosen ones, is that of being a projection of an attribute, each depending on his purity and capacity Since the soul or its place holder, the heart is a mirror,its job is to show the way, the Xaqq, the purer the mirror is made, the sharper the representation of facts it shows, and nothing can purify the soul or the heart better than the pure love of Allah SWT for whoses sake we engage in doing all the good that He taught us to do on earth, through servitude or Ibaadah, and cleaning our souls from the evils of jealousy, despair, nontolerance, etc as Bro. Mutakallim mentioned above. Sins on the otherhand as the Prophet SAWS said, will make the heart (soul) rusty, so the more sins we commit the darker the more skewed the mirror becomes, in which case it no longer reflects the reality, and that is why Allah SWT says in Quraan that " Allah does not guide al Faasiqiin" , the evil doers, because their evil is interfering with their mirror lenses to see al Xaqq, and the images they see are confused at best, thus becoming unable to see Al Xaqq. This is the month of the purification of the soul, Allah SWT says : " Wa nafsin wa maa sawaahaa, fa alhamahaa fujuurahaa wa taqwaahaa, qad aflaxa man zakaahaa, wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa" Ramadaan kariim

Baashi Bro Indeed a good selection, to further support that statement may i remind you the Hadeeth Al Qudsi in which Allah SWT says: " And there is nothing I love more that my slave can do than getting closer to me through volunary worship ( Nawaafil), when he/she does that, I become his very sight with which he sees, his very hearing with which he hears his hand ...etc) The main idea in your selected passage is that the more we seek Allah SWT through sincere worship, the more we become free so that our souls soars higher up, we become empowered by by Allah to the point that Allah SWT becomes our perception of things and concepts. In contrast when we neglect our worship or obedience to Allah SWT, we become slaves to the lowly earthily desires and cling to the dirt to become lost like the pious scholar from the Israelites who was a follower of Moses but later became a worldly man: Allah says about him in the Quraan " كالدي آتيناه آياتنا Ùانسلخ منهاÙكان من الغاوين Ùˆ لو شئنا لرÙعناه بها ولكنه أخلد الي اللارض" Like the one whom we have granted a perception of our signs and empowered him with it, but opted to disobey and became one of the lost folk, But we could have honorored him by virtue of his knowledge if he did not cling to the (lowly life on) earth" The moral of the passage is that by seeking Allah SWT through good deeds we become free eternally drawing our strength from the powers of Allah SWT of sight and hearning etc. On the other hand, if we ignore Allah SWT and seek worldly pleasures, we sink lower, and become slaves of our own desires, thereby guaranteeing our eternal sorrow. Nur

Reer Guuraayow Ha la dadaalo, waa maalmo qiimo badan, badeeco qaali ah ay howl fudud, qofkuu Allah u fududeyo Nur

Iskay baro sis Waxaad qortay: "one more thing....manoo soo diyaarin kartaa fadlan cashar ku saabsan wax yaalaha burburiya soonka. kaas baa hada ku haboon baan u maleenayaa. ilaah hakaa abaal mariyo dadaalkaaga insha-allah." Jawaab Waxaan sanadkii hore qoray boggaan ka hadlaya isweydiinta ku saabsan soonka, wixii su'aal ah halkan ku soo qor, and if possible in English maxaa yeelay audienceka waxaa u badan xabbadi keentay. Nur