Somali Chic Here is the translation fo the letter sent to me. asalamu calaykum! After my valuable salaams of Islam to you, brother, first I want u to know that I love for the sake of Allah SWT.. Returning to the issue that I wanted your advice for, Brother, I fell in serious love with a girl, who convinced me with her faithfulness ( Islam), and beauty. The problem that I am facing is that my mom is against my choice for a potential wife, her argument being that she does does not get along with her well enough to endorse this courtship. So as a result I am between a rock and a hard place, as on one hand I am very considerate of my mom, fearful of Allah's displeasure for opposing my mother's wishes, and on the other hand the immense love I that have for this girl periodically shatters my heart to painful pieces whenever I hear her speak. While I am a young man rising to my future and parctise my deen and love Allah. So what should I do with this tough dilemma of mine, a real test as Allah SWT made women very attractive for men to love (can't help, not my fault in falling in love?) So, Dear bro. please advice me, cuz I trust your opinion, add to the above that I live in a western country ( too much temptation to cross the line) YUNIS

Bro. Geel Jire you ask " P.S. Nur, why Anarchist, as a title? How about leaving it as 'Nomad'. Just a thought." So that our most important problem is put on the front burner. Nur

Salaams Nomads As we approach the Hegirah year 1425, our imaginery corporate offices in Kurtunwaarrey to the south, Ijaara to the Norh, Fiiq to the west and Ras Xaafuun to the east are undergoing a corporate identity change due to our nonending search to differentiate the many enlightening e-naseexo products that we launch which will help us claim our market share in the vicious competitive market for hearts and minds on these boards. As we get ready to roll-out the new products and sequels for older successful topics, we decided to change the Corporate Identity from Nurtel ( for close similarity with the Canadian telecom equipment manufacturer, ...No we were not sued) to a unique and self descriptive Corporate name and logo. The new choice name is : ( e-Nuri ) read in Somali language " i nuuri " : meaning enlighten me. It has also other variants: ii nuuri indhahayga, enlighten my eyes ii nuuri qalbigayga, enlighten my heart ii nuuri maankayga, enlighten my mind. The first one will appeal to first time comers of the Internet ( Warmoog), readers who were shocked after viewing horrible materials posted by lizards. The second one will appeal to readers who suffer from Qaswatul Quluub Syndrome, the hardening of the perception mechanism ( Dhago adeyg), who refresh their hearts with nutrients like the Softwaano series of topics. The third one will appeal to readers who are seeking mental challenges, provocative topics and in depth analyses of issue of the hour. Apart from the name change, e-Nuri will be the same company, the same Corporate Structure, Board of Directors, Advisory Board, CEO, Fictional personalities such as Cag Biciid, Khadiija, etc.(a one man show cloned to appear as multiple personalities, to appeal to different audiences, for a single mission, to Please Allah SWT Alone) Let us welcome the new e-Nuri name change with your comments, as we believe that e-Nuri Corporation belongs to you, the community from which it draws its attentive audience and thus its unwavering support. Nur 2004 e-Nuri Corporation We Attack Problems, Not People

Baashi Bro. Can u copy me on progress? Nur

Salaams Nomads The New year is around the corner, 1425 H Muxarram will be here in less than a week, Let us begin with a new spirit and new topics as most of you have voted for variety, here are my suggestions, let me know the topics that will make you participate. 1. Social Topics: Older women, younger men, a terrific match! Mr. Mom. Hey guys, do you help around the house? Are you the child of a single parent? Is Qat ruining your marriage? Infidelity, how rampant is it in the Somali Migrant Community? Can you trust your friends with your secrets? How important is Qabiil for selecting a mate? Are Somali men sensitive and considerate? 2. Softwaano series: In Love again, How sweeeeeeeeeeeet! Who you gonna call when you face hell? Little things that add a lot of value The forgotten treasure chest Above and beyound the call of duty 3. Quraan: Selections of Suurah Al Racd ( Thunder) Selections of Suurah Al Muminuun ( Believers) Selections of Suurah Al Nur ( Light) 4. The Sunnah Following the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad SAWS. The Hadeeth science revisited Wear your Seat belt, A proof from a hadeeth The Conflict resolution of two Saxiix hadeeth. Selection of everyday applicable hadeeths. Your comments and or additions are appreciated. Nur 2004 Nurtel Corporation ( Corporate Identity undergoing change) The new Corporate identity will be : e-Nuri ( e-nuuri indhaha) v-Corporation

May Allah bless you all Nomads Passing through( DUNYAA ) be careful with Nurtel posts, they are very inriguing, so don't jump the gun on me early, Jazaakallahu khairan for your good wishes. Raxmah sis, Caramel Kisses, Bushraa Jazakunna Allahu Khairan katheeran for your duaa, I felt soo happy to read your duaa, if I have no work to show the day of judgement, which is likely, I know I can count on your Shafaaca goodwill,like imaam shaafici said " I love the pious though not pious myself, And I hate those who made sins their business, although i trade in their line of commodities" Xuurul Cayn Sis Your icon's face does not leave much for my imaginative mind, Xurul Cayn are real, May Allah make you one for a lucky brother, bless you and wishing you the same duaa. Amiinah Mazeed in Arabic means MORE, this woman is a XUR ul Cayn, but she could well be one of my earthily audience that I wished for transformed to be the Queen of the Xur and Allah made me meet her in Jannah instead, so you never know who you gonna meet in Jannah, stretch your imagination, its awsome what you can envision. Nur

Baashi walaal You write: " Bro Nur, I’ve pondered over the whys and hows our current “warlords” attain such awesome power at the expense of the rest of the Somali population. I went to the bottom of this question and come out empty" I think we are the problem, a warlord who can hardly read his name, who only thrives on the cycle of violence and hatred can only rise to such unquestionable status and power when we, his tribesmen endorse him by our silence. The result of what is going on today is the net sum of our past collective inactivism and complacency. It is rare if not existent, a single case where a decent guy challenged a warlord to represent his group and came out a winner, the reason being that warlords are ruthless and would go to any length to keep their interest above the interest of their people, and their people learned to live with their ruthless warlord instead of trusting their competing Rer Qansax. So there you have it , the formula for perpetual misery, Made in the land of the Somali race. Nur

Conquest Islam shall rise again from a place that you may not expect, proof: Allah SWT says in Quraan: " Wa in tata wallow, yastakhlif qawman gheyrakum thumma laa yakuunuu amthaalakum" Meaning: " And in case you ( Muslims) do not live up to the responsibility that was laid on your shoulders, ( Allah) will replace you with another nation ( to do the job) and they will not be the likes of you" So, watch and wait, after seing Leicester and Birmingham Mulsims, I know that there are more fans for Allah there than Manchester United, it is amazing what is happening in Europe and North America! Nur

Haneefah sis You ask " I have a question though....does ghaflah have another meaning when it's being associated with death?...yacni when someone says, oh that was mowtul ghaflah...what does that mean exactly?" Answer: Ghaflah in Arabic language means " Being oblivious: of what is happening. So, in Computer lingo, it is like when the system is not aware of all the applications that are running, so when you command, the system does not respond, or if its doesm it is erratic in behaviour for being caught off guard and unprepared so at times it freezes, or acts funny. Ghaflah, therefore is the characteristic of someone who took all advice as not serious, and suddenly found that her calculation were all wrong, so in the case of death, when you die, it is like sleeping, but Mowtul ghaflah, is like heart attack, when you die without expecting to die, so in that sense you were caught off guard. Nur

Walaalo Huda I thinak if you re read my proposal that the new system that I am proposing has passed testing, and in reality has been operational for the most part of the past 14 cenruries. The system is not a terrestial system, it came down in patches for 23 years, it was applied in Arabia were similar problems like ours existed, were many users of the Shirk 657 system were at odds in Madina, the Khazraj and Aws were in conflict all the time when an extra terrestrial system came down, and immediate;y, when the system was installed, the two groups joined a new cluster called Ansaar cluster, the Ansars later on took their new sytem to Makkah were the Shirk Usres abandoned their obsolete system and agreed to subscribe to Islam super system. I am very sympathetic to their plight of the Northern birds of our country, but I know that we have more in common than European Community and the USA, acknowledging system failure should not mean accepting failure, our contribution to this life will be measured of how many failures we troubleshoot, diagnose and devise a solution path around the problem, because when we are given good minds, the tax is to help solve problems for those who created the problems for lack of good minds,. A problem can not be solved at the same level that it was created ( Albert Einstein) So, Huda Sis, if you are not part of the solution, you will remain to be part of the problem, and that is a waste for such a brilliant mind! Nur

All In A Day In A Place Not Far Away A Story It was early one morning when I pleasantly woke up in this lavishly decorated posh place, real magnificent atmosphere with perfect temperature and aroma, can't describe the furniture, the flowers, the ambient, just superbly optimum, ejecting like a rocket, I get out of bed singing with joy, I felt sooooooo happy and fulfilled. As I dress my awesome green suit, decorated with precious sparkling stones, I am told that my friends are waiting for me at my royal courtyard, to go out fishing with me for the day, so, off I go with my friends. We arrive at this tranquil lake, surrounded by a lush green lawns, the most colorful singing birds, lofty trees with a lot of ripe fruits hanging too low that I can reach with my bare hands, and the aroma, subhannalllah, what a pleasant smell and what a feeling! We begin fishing, laughing, sitting on soft sofas facing each other, joking, telling stories of days past, stories that bring nostalgic memories of events and people, while eating the tastiest fish you can not even imagine, and spending the day without worries of bills due to be paid, problems to be solved, or any misfortune that can take the pleasure of this great day, which seems endless as it is too long and fun at the same time. As the day approaches an end, we pack up and fix to go, our stuff being carried for us by helpers, and as usual, we continue on talking and laughing on our way back to our homes. Suddenly we spot a beautiful lady approaching from afar, so beautiful is this lady, I have no words to describe her beauty. She is like the full moon being viewed from a serene clear skies in the middle of Somalia's countryside, My friends look at each other to see where she is heading to, astonishingly, they notice that she is coming right toward us, "OH MY!..." I sigh, and as she gets closer, and closer, our hearts pound like medieval cannon balls, and just when we thought it was all over, we smell this special captivating and soul quenching perfume, that can elevate you to euphoric state of shock, she gets closer and closer, and poor me and my friends are thunderstruck, we realize that she is purposefully looking for someone but we don't know who it is, as we silently wait it out, she approaches closer to me, singling me out of my friends and says like a singing humming bird in the softest of voices " I want you Nur" I am paralyzed, I am floored, I get up like a knocked out boxer who is stil traumatized, I regroup and I say, "excuse me Miss, but I don't know you, and you are not my wife, what do you want from me?" She smiles and says " Cheer up Nur, I am yours, I am dedicated to your happiness forever, you will not be sorry again, I am yours to keep, you've earned me and more of what you can imagine as a token of appreciation of your deeds in bygone days, so you are rewarded more than what you've expected. I am the surprise that were in store for you, I am more and more and more and more of what you can imagine.........., my name is MAZEED, worries all are behind you, Welcome To Paradise, you are in good silky hands, my love! " Falaa Taclamu nafsun maa ukhfiya lahum min qurrata acyunin, Jazaa an bimaa kaanuu yacmaluun" " Oblivious is a soul of the hidden treasures that were out of sight for them as a reward for their past deeds" Quraan, Suurah, Sajdah " Lahum maa yashaa uuna fiihaa wa ladeynaa MAZEED" " They are honored to have anything they wish for, and we throw in MORE( an extra surprise ) Mazeed" Quran, Suurah Qaaf Nur 2004 Nurtel Softwano Series If you can imagine, You can attain! ------------------------------------------------- A Nurtel Imaginative Rendition, inspired By : " Haadil Arwaax, ilaa Bilaadil Afraax" Ibnul Qayim Al Jawziyyah.

Remining the Nomads Once more " And Remind them, because reminders benefits the faithful" Quraan Nur

Assalamu Alaykum Wa raxmatullah wa barakaatuh Sisters and Brothers First to Brother Sophist Jazaakallahu Khairan for your valuable advice, nothing is worse than working hard and earning zero at the end due to a corrupted ikhlaas file in our embedded motive processors. As the prophet SAWS said, " Innamal acmaalu bil niyaat" meaning " The validity and acceptability of our deeds is dependent on our intentions". And because of that principle, the Prophet SAWS discouraged showering ourselves with praise so that we do not fall prey to our own ego beast that thrives on self gratification and hence forget that it was Allah in the first place who made our success possible, and thus He only deserves credit for any good deeds we may have earned, as Allah SWT says " ........Falaa Tuzakuu anfusakum huwa aclumu biman ittaqaa" meaning " ...........Do not praise yourselves, He (Allah) knows he who is cautious not to go against Allah SWT" Surah Najm, 32. Said all of that, now let us look again at my inquiry and your responses. Because I do not know you all in person ( except for one person in seven years, and that person does nor recognize who i am ) on these airwaves ( packet waves), all i know are screenames, so, it is a virtual relationthip where your praises will not add any prestige to cash-in in this life unlike the prohibited praising. Second, because I have a specific goal of making DACWA ( Preaching), I do not have a statistical engine to see how many people read and benefit from my posts ( When i was posting in Somalinet, I could see how many hits on the pages I initiate) and thus, I would know instantaneausly how the public are viewing my posts which dynamically helps me to learn and improve the content that I share with the viewers, but @ Somaliaonline boards this feature is not there ( at least for viewers), so I resorted in placing this questionnaire to see the level of interest or disagreement of the content of Nurtel posts. Lastly, the questionnaire was about the content, not my person, as I have always refused to give any credit to Nur, but always give it to Allah SWT who illuminated me with the insights that I share with you, Allah SWT says " Fa fahamnaa haa Suleimaan" meaning " We made Solomon understand it ( Wisdom" )) so in reality, our wisdom is a gift from Allah SWT and he opens its doors of knowledge to whomsoever He pleases, however, I view myself honored by Allah SWT to have made me do a work dedicated to him in exchange for his forgiveness and mercy on my poor soul, I am no one and that much I am humbly aware. One of my taglines reads: " Kuwa iga da' yar waa iga dambi yar yihiin, kuwa iga da' weyn waa iga ajar fiican yihiin" Meaning " Those younger than I am, have committed lesser sins than me, those older than I am, have earned more good deeds than I have" which means in " Meesha la iiga tagay" and thus I need to catch up to with the crowd , a true translation of the verse " Wa fii dhaalika fal yatanaafasil mutanaafisuun" As for the responses Walaayaal I am really amazed, I always suspected that my posts may be beneficial, but never did I expect to earn your highest marks, kinda scary, further, it does not leave room for improvement, only a free fall way below, since the peak is narrow and difficult to keep balance, while the bottom stinks, so I reason, somewhere in the middle would've made my day to work even harder. However, I take your votes with a grain of salt! ( specially, since so few sisters have responded due to old wounds I inflicted on their hearts) At last, I love you all for your love of Allah SWT and your good advices, we do have a great forum here and inshAllah, we shall make it the largest gathering of the virtual faithful ( somalis and their friends) as a step forward to the real gathering of the faithful in the day of judgement. " Ikhwaanan calaa sururin mutaqaabiliin" Nur

Opinionated ALLAH is not = GOD GOD = ilaah Allah is proper name of our ilaah There are many ilaahs But only one ALLAH ilaah means The root meaning of the word ILAA caomes from the Arabic word (ALIHA) the masdar of this word means among others: 1. To seek a protection ( Like an infant seeks mother's love , wormth and protection) 2. To seek a rescuer ( in times of distress) 3. To seek the highest authority, no one scapes from ( Jurisdiction and Sovreighnty). 4. It meant leadership. ( ZACIIM UL QOWM) 5. Any thing one follows even desires is called ilaah Nur

Politicians and Prostitutes Faarax Gololley, the legendary Political Humorist during the Afweyne Regime was quoted as saying : " Afweyne raac, ama Afgooye aad, ama Afkaaga heyso," Today, our country, the former Somali Republic, and the world in general is going through difficult times, in Somalia, we are witnessing a 12 year uncivil war going on with no end in sight, a dilemma that is inhibiting any progress while at the same time exacerbating living conditions . The result is that many Somalis who are stranded overseas as refugees are unable to go back home, worse yet, they are unhappy to live in the Diaspora and are very fearful of melting in the American pot, adopting the McDonald and Levi's culture of consumerism, with no apparent purpose of life beyond that. The solution of this problem lies in understanding politics, the politicians mindset and what drives them to make such horrible decisions as to to tear apart entire nations, seaparate friends who grew up with a tribalist mantra and exploit their fears to keep their pockets full of cash and their mouths full of qaat. Politicians at home mobilize the masses and create an enemy for them to hate, later they use this hate energy to fuel their vehicles to grab power and lead their people to miseries. Likewise, on a wider scope, Internationally, politicians are doing the same thing , the scale of the village and human agony is just much bigger than Somalia, but the pain of innocent civilians in Iraq and Somalis caught across fire , hurts the same, like they say, killing one person is murder, annihilating a village is a policy, stark realities of the the Global Village and the New World Disorder. Politicians usually rise to the top to fill power vacuums created when decent people shun politics due to its close relationship with dirty tricks, so most decent people who value their dignity stay away from politics for fear that it would tarnish them, and their loved ones with bad reputation by casting doubts on their character. As a result, the bad apples in society, who care les for their reputation, take the lead and speak for the people and nation. Interest groups, those with material stake in the affairs of the nation, as opposed to moral values, begin supporting those who are seeking power. The interest group gives these power hungry hopefuls financial support in their quest for power, and slowly, they begin controlling them and directing them to serve the interest groups agendas against the interest of the constituency they claim to represent. Welcome the birth of a Politician, a Hero and Great leader of his tribe. The politician has just sold out his people to an interest group behind the scenes with a secret agenda. He sold his conscious and that of his people for a quick personal gain that will haunt his nation for many years to come, and it is partially due to the citizens who allowed him to speak in their name and shunned active participation for fear of smearing and mudslinging. So, if good principles were like our clean bodies, a politician becomes an Intellectual Prostitute ready to trade his people principles and values for his personal gain. A prostitute is therefore a person who allows others to buy time to desecrate her/his body in exchange for a material gain, like money. An Intellectual prostitute on the other hand is a person who allows others to desecrate her/his soul and intellect for a material wealth. Politics was defined as the art of avoiding to tell the truth to those who need it most, but short of defending an outright verifiable lie, the more creative a politician gets in concealing the truth, the savvier that he is valued as a politician by his mentors, the interest group. The highest honor for a politician should win him the coveted Pinocchio Trophy. Politicians are thus people who are interested in their personal interests and who are willing to pursue them even if it conflicts with their constituent's interest. At times, our warlords reason very logically. Everyone is claiming that he is working for what is good for our country and people, they tell us that they are saving Somalia by killing Somalis, no wonder their job is taking 12 years and counting. Prostitutes sell their body for the highest bidder, in contrast, politicians sell their moral convictions to the richest financial donor. Prostitutes do not enjoy selling their bodies, but they are just compelled in doing so ,they reason, since everyone else is on their own, what the heck.. But neither do politicians enjoy telling lies, at the end of the day though, they have to pay their bills to support their special lifestyle, so, a white lie wouldn't hurt, so what the heck. Most people would agree with the above statements that I made, but to date, only the Italians, our past colonial masters have made the link, let us see if our Somali politicians , Presidents, Boqors, Warlords and Anarchists@ El Doret can learn a lesson or two from Reer Benito Mussolini. Just before the last gulf war, a group of Italian voters, mostly young, elected an Italian Porn Star called Miss Cicciolina to Italian Parliament, They wanted to send a message to their politicians about their intimate feelings toward them, so they sent Miss Cicciolina to the Italian Parliament. The only promise the young lady made was that she will bare her top in Parliament. Subsequently, Miss Cicciolina was elected, and to the embarrassment of the Italian lawmakers, she sat topless in their midst, delivering on her promises and scoring a victory for the Italian voters who were displeased with their politicians. Later she confirmed that many politicians in parliament were staring at her with interest. Cicciolina became an embarrassment in Italian Parliament, so she was asked to participate in the Parliament's Defense Committee, a boring committee that she would later breathe some evil excitement into it. As a member of the Defense Committee, she demanded to be sent to the Gulf War to entertain the Italian Soldiers in the Gulf. She was a sellout. After the show, she wondered what was all these troops doing in the gulf ? she was told that Saddam was a crazy and hostile to his neighbors and the troops are amassed here to control his evil intentions. She reasoned that they were doing the wrong thing amassing so many troops and risking so many human lives to handle a stressed out politician, instead, she offered to visit Saddam personally in order to defuse the tense situation, but her defense committee became too defensive about such a "sinister" idea. Politicians also need the media to transmit their lies to their constituents, they need to reassure the public that everything is OK, and that big corporations are doing community work, burying Nuclear waste in Yoontey and cashing the checks in Nairobi Banks. They convince the locals that they can have free chest X ray and a glass of milk every day if they look after the nuclear waste in their backyard. Somali politicians think that Radiation is good for the public, so is disease, poverty, illiteracy , chaos and the ongoing anarchy, if that is not the case, then tell me please, why are they so adamant in prolonging our pain? The News media in turn catches the prostitution disease, Ideally, News media were meant to report truth, and to be objective about what goes on in the our community. If you are as naive as I am, you would ask foolish questions like " Why are the politicians and the News media telling tall tales, why is each periodical, radio or a website supporting a local loser?" But Something tells me: " It is all about money ****** " So as a result, the news media continues to stay in business, attracting more and more sponsors which leads to our present situation in which the news media is so adultered, doctored and altered beyond recognition. To make it even more patriotic, the newspapers become a platform for disorientation of the public, The masses are lied to, manipulated and processed like a slaughter house by the influential few with wealth and who have an interest in continuing to dominate their community, their ultimate goal being Power. Now, can you blame the warlords for clinging to power so tightly? As the public is bottle fed with lies on a daily basis, bull manure begins to smell like Giorgio's of Beverly Hills perfume, a lie needs to be repeated so many times before it is upgraded to reality, and as we the public are busy making ends meet in our daily circus to survive, we learn to adjust to live with such a lie, suddenly, a naive person like me or a child yells " Siyaasiyintu waa Qaawan Yihiin" Nur 2003 Nurtel Political Research ------------------------------------------------- Nur Post appear regularly at Somaliaonline Islam Pages

Salaams Nomads I am reposting the earliest Nurtel work I could find, as most of my past writeup are lost ( or are scattered in different Islamic forums) this one was salvaged by sister Rahiima from an Islamic site and posted few years back on Islam page were I reclaimed. This writeup is indeed deep, every paragraph can be an article of its own, in the coming days, inshAllah I will attempt to shed some light on this important journey to meet our maker, a journey with so much distractions on the road, so much at stake and yet so much to gain with so little an effort if we focus on little things that add up and contribute to big results, things like Dhiker of Allah SWT, the remembrance of Allah SWT. Accoording to the hadith, " Two words so easy to pronounce, dear to the Merciful ( Allah), heavy on the evaluation benchmark ( Mizan) of the day of judgement.......these are (Subxaanallah wa bixamdih, subxaanallah al adheem)." ( Dhiker Security systems) Did you find any other treasures in The Roadmap To Paradise article that I could expand on further? Nur

Ciid Mubaarak NOMADS Wishing you all a great Hegira Year, a great beginning and a lots more! As your servant I want to say that I have enjoyed a year of participation on these pages, reading many informative articles written by other Nomads, and making virtual bros and sisters in Islam online for which I made many a duaa that Allah keeps their feet firm on solid grounds of iimaan and Taqwa of Allah SWT. Looking back at 1424 H, I am envious at the many articles I posted that needed a follow up, clarification or further explanation. I know that I could've done better, but the sad fact was that time was not permitting to complete these topics that I planned last year. I pray Allah accepts my attempt and to help in bringing wisdom to those who are in search for truth on these pages. As we look froward for the year 1425, I need your feedback ( a Muslim is the mirror of his Brother/sister), in order to set a new course and build on the success of last year while learning from the mistakes, so take the time to answer this survey for me walaalayaal. For the folowing questions: Please assign # 5 Excellent, #4 Very Good, # 3 Good # 2 Satisfactory and # 1 being Poor to the following questions. 1. Quality of Nur Post in general 2. Variety of the topics 3. Depth of the topics 5. Ease of understanding of topics Specific Questions A. Should Nur Focus on one subject, or keep the variety? B. If you vote for focus, which topic is your favorite? Quraan, Hadith, Social issues, Softwaano, Educational Satire, Stories, Fiqh. C. Quraan, your feedback on Nur approach of Tafseer. D. Hadith Science.your feedback on Nur approach of Hadeth E. Social Drama, Any sensitivities F. Techno Jargon , Any Confusion on vocabulary used. E. Somali Posts, are they of any help to Nomads who may have never seen a cael outside the zoo? About Nur i. Any advice for the brother, please say it, I promise to take it with grace ( I have enouh napkins to wipe out tears). Sisters and Brothers I really want to make a difference on thses boards, I am a Qaxooti from Somalinet, so if I can not add value, I may have to find a new sanctuary, so, let me know how I can make the best of my available time, because I sense that I will be very busy next year, so let me know what you think. Ciid Mubaarak Nur 2004 Nurtel Dawa Syndicate @ Somaliaonline -------------------------------------------------- We Attack Problems, NOT People.

Are Your Engines Running On Low Octane Levels? For high performance engines, high content of octane is a must, mechanically speaking, each unit of octane powers the engine to do a given amount of work, the lower the octane content in gas, the lower the combustion pressure which in return affects the transfer of power to moving parts in the performance machine. In car races, performance race cars are powered with the most efficient engines for speed, the load is kept at minimum, so they are built with the lightest materials, and every part that can effect the objective ( SPEED) is optimized for that purpose ONLY. So at the end of the races, a race car is seen hauled on trucks to be transported to another place, ironically, this vehicle that can go that fast on race tracks becomes that useless outside of the race tracks. Similarly, Faith or iimaan is like energy, it can not be seen, but its effect can be evident in out lives, the higher the iimaan level, the better our performance as Muslims and as measurable actions, the lower the iimaan octane level, the poorer our Islamic identity and behaviour. The iimaan octane can get to a critically low levels, and in these instances, the person acts almost contrary to Islam in every sense imaginable, without even realizing that he is low on iimaan octane. That person quits performing prayers, and observing the sharia, his words show contempt for Islam, or hates its restrictions, this person's engine needs overhaul, or may be it is beyound repair. In an engineering school, some students have noticed that Muslim women on campus to be divided to three types. 1. Hijaab wearing Sisters 2. Jeans and Scarf wearing Transistors 3. Minimally dressed body showing Resistors In men a similar classification exists, but, men do not have to wear special dress to show their observation of the law, But in their actions, or the lack of, one can tell if they are forward biased toward Islam, conducting both ways, or outright resisting the guidance of siraatul Mustaqeem. This thread is dedicated to this Low octane Level phenomena, how to diagnose it and how to cure it. As we all know, every person's level of iiman is not constant over time, on the contrary iimaan goes up when we do good work and goes down when we commit a sin or neglect our duties. So if a person drives his car with low gas for a long time, the car will stop, and likewise if we neglect our duties to Allah for a long time, our iimaan will cease to exist. This Forums board is the INDY 500 to test this theory. Let us know if you agree with my analogy and observations or if you'd rather disagree with it partially or oppose it. Walaalkiin Nur -------------------- Kuwa iga da'weyn, waa iga ajar badan yihiin, Kuwa iga da' yar, waa iga dambi yaryihiin.

Are Your Engines Running On Low Octane Levels? For high performance engines, high content of octane is a must, mechanically speaking, each unit of octane powers the engine to do a given amount of work, the lower the octane content in gas, the lower the combustion pressure which in return affects the transfer of power to moving parts in the performance machine. In car races, performance race cars are powered with the most efficient engines for speed, the load is kept at minimum, so they are built with the lightest materials, and every part that can effect the objective ( SPEED) is optimized for that purpose ONLY. So at the end of the races, a race car is seen hauled on trucks to be transported to another place, ironically, this vehicle that can go that fast on race tracks becomes that useless outside of the race tracks. Similarly, Faith or iimaan is like energy, it can not be seen, but its effect can be evident in out lives, the higher the iimaan level, the better our performance as Muslims and as measurable actions, the lower the iimaan octane level, the poorer our Islamic identity and behaviour. The iimaan octane can get to a critically low levels, and in these instances, the person acts almost contrary to Islam in every sense imaginable, without even realizing that he is low on iimaan octane. That person quits performing prayers, and observing the sharia, his words show contempt for Islam, or hates its restrictions, this person's engine needs overhaul, or may be it is beyound repair. In an engineering school, some students have noticed that Muslim women on campus to be divided to three types. 1. Hijaab wearing Sisters 2. Jeans and Scarf wearing Transistors 3. Minimally dressed body showing Resistors In men a similar classification exists, but, men do not have to wear special dress to show their observation of the law, But in their actions, or the lack of, one can tell if they are forward biased toward Islam, conducting both ways, or outright resisting the guidance of siraatul Mustaqeem. This thread is dedicated to this Low octane Level phenomena, how to diagnose it and how to cure it. As we all know, every person's level of iiman is not constant over time, on the contrary iimaan goes up when we do good work and goes down when we commit a sin or neglect our duties. So if a person drives his car with low gas for a long time, the car will stop, and likewise if we neglect our duties to Allah for a long time, our iimaan will cease to exist. This Forums board is the INDY 500 to test this theory. Let us know if you agree with my analogy and observations or if you'd rather disagree with it partially or oppose it. Walaalkiin Nur -------------------- Kuwa iga da'weyn, waa iga ajar badan yihiin, Kuwa iga da' yar, waa iga dambi yaryihiin.

Ciid Mubaarak 2 all of you, Praying 4 Allah's guidance and support 2 stay the siraad ul Jeceyl Badan, Allah dartii Nur

Huda sis You write : " I would say giving the history updating this system will only create more errors. Thus, you’re better of leaving its custom build applications run as his has been" As I pointed out, this was an old report i wrote 2 years ago, after returning from a fact finding trip. The objective of the post was to solicit a techno jargon approach in pinpointing the massive system breakdown, devise a solution path arount the mess ( Huda Path) and come up with an out of the box solution, leaving a problem take its toll on next generation is an expensive option in the longer run, and that may not have been your intention, any more thoughts to calrify your remarks is appreciated sis. Nur

Nurtel CEO Visit To Somalia 2001-2002 Fact Finding Trip Report for jump starting Somalia System V 91.0 Somalia V. 91.0 had crashed beyound repair, for the last 12 years unqualified technicians and engineers have attempted to treouble shoot the system, but with no result, today users are running their applications on smaller systems written to run essential applications, required by users. By far the most stable of the new systems is Somaliland 2002, specially after the first smooth log-on and password change of the new system Manager to replace the last system manager. Somaliland 2002 supports the following applications 1. Peace and security ( Foreign ASP Application Service Provider supported) 2. Education 3. Industry and commerce 4. Spiritulity (Coordination with Foreign ASP requirements) 5. Healthcare ( with add on application) After examining the system at the main terminal ( Hargeisa Airport), I could not believe how efficient the system works, it is too scary when you think about how smoothely the system handles peace and tranquillity application. Recently the system has shown some cracks when it failed to run Tranquillity and peace application in Las Anod, a disputed site wher two systems are competing for users. Another application that replaced Somalia 91.0 is the puntland 2002, a robust system remotely controled via wireless from a main frame in a non native environment, Puntland 2002 worked efficiently for the past ten years, but the system was designed to support exisiting Commercial applications. Lately though the system crashed couple of times, but the system manager restored operation back to normal in record time. Some users have tried to run some spirituality applications on Puntland 2002 with no successs, System managers decided not to run any spiritual application on the Puntland 2002 system. In my last trip to Galkaio, engineers who declined to be named confided to me that the reason the Puntland system does not support Spirituality application is because on a daily basis, a non standard interface connecting the system to a non-native host system database in Addis Ababa,. The Host System was not designed to support spirituality applications. When I visited Mogadishu, the HQ that housed Somalia 91.0 system, I was amazed how resourceful the local residents were . Theirs is a system that everyone can log on in Mogadishu and vicinities, Called CHAOS 2002. The sytem allows multiple access, no passwords are required to access the system, and everyone has access to the source code if they can invoke a Clan allegiance password. What surprised me in the Chaos 2002 was that it actually runs well if you adjust your pull down menue buton to ( Personal security very low to insignificant) mode, while touring the HQ, I could hear loud sounds and the system engineers assured me that it was a periodic system crashs caused by two subusers belonging to the Father-of-Camels Clan, Engineers spent four days to run the ( tranquillity application) The engineers later told me that the Little-Orphans subClan are not compatible with the Good-News-Reporters subClan, but a temporary solution was found, the Engineers were more worried about another system inconsitency affecting other system users such as the Happiness Clan and their cousins. The strength of Chaos 2002 system is that it is a distributed system, humming within the HQ environment, it could be down in Medina but working fine in Laba dhagax, users are used to fatal errors, they believe that at any time the system can crash, those not affected carry on and live goes on. South of Mogadishu, I was told , that in Kismaio the CHAOS 2002 is working fine and the Jubba lands are connected to Addis Ababa via sattelite where foreign engineers are maintaing the system to make sure that if any integrated systems is placed in Mogadishu, that the system should support the Applications Service Providers current applications, specially the Tigrenya Security and Fisq applications. After this quick tour, I thought about the idea of developing a new system that can accomodate all users who were using the Somalia 91.0 and here is my initial plan: Phase one: Gather requirements of the system ( From Somalinet audience) Here I need your input, what would you like the system to do? User groups can be : 1. Tribal, Color, Sex, Religious preference, Anarchists, etc.dreamers, .. Their requirements can be: Peace, food, faith, health care, education, fun, sports etc. The outcome possibilities are result of the matrix of the above two lines. but to filter them to workable sets, we need to analyze the requirements which brings us to next Phase. Phase Two: Analyze requirements of different user groups for conflict. Developers are worried that some users requirements may critically impair other users or put them out of business. So a delicate job is to weigh the requirements by a fair benchmark, This will lead us to set up a Standard and a Benchmark to accomodate all groups, or as much s possible. Phase Three: Agreement on common standards acceptable to all: After studying the standards issue, our developers have come to a difficult standard: Here is their Motivation: If we select any groups standatd, the other will refuse, because each standard protects the group that has endorsed it, so to be fair we looked for a standard by an outsider. Here we found two choices. 1. Terrestial 2. Extra terrestial after a long debate, the Developers agreed to adobt the Extra Terrestial Benchmark standard. Again Developers found many Standards that claim to be Extra terrestial, after careful examining of all the Standards, the Developers selected ISLAM as the best fit solution for the Somali Users of the sytem, since virtually all Somalis accept this standard, a unanimous deceision was reached to Adobt Islam as the Standard on which to base the Sytem requirements. Phase Four: Conflict resolution based on Standards : Once the Islam Standard is established, A developer team will carry out a Conflict resolution project to narrow down conflicts and bridge concerns, one ancient remedy in this regard is to have each Clans representative marry from its rival to cement love and affection. Other ideas are still flowing and yours is needed. Phase Four: Technical Requirements of the system ( technical Team) Here, A technical team will meet to sift through the heaps of documents collected in other phases, and will meticulously lay down a unified list of requirements for the system, to be presented to Sytem designers. Phase five: System Design this phase will employ all talents available to translate the requiremens into a working system. Your resumes are needed so that we can use your skills where they are neede best. Phase Six: System Testing: Developers will test the system in selected sites, depending on the application mostly used and needed Final Phase: Soft Launch of the system, without any fanfare, the system will be launched quitely and Developers will be on the highest allert to respond to any failures. A Call Center will be set up to learn dynamically the problems, log histories, follow up repair and assign jobs to the most qualified technicians on the pool. A CRM system will be employed to work with the Call center. The Call center will be managed by System specialists who have helped in the development, later , the most experienced Developer will be propmoted to become Chief System Manager, He will not be a human, he will be a SONY assembed ROBOT with artificial intelligence. Nur Nur Productions 2002, All rights are Reserved until further Notice. --------------------------------------------- Nur Posts appear at Somaliaonline Islam Pages

Nurtel CEO Visit To Somalia 2001-2002 Fact Finding Trip Report fro jump starting Somalia Operational System Version 91.0 Somalia 91.0 has crashed beyound repair, for the last 12 years unqualified technicians and engineers have attempted to treouble shoot the system, but with no result, today users are running their applications on smaller systems written to run essential applications, required by users. By far the most stable of the new systems is Somaliland 2002, specially after the first smooth log-on and password change of the new system Manager to replace the last system manager. Somaliland 2002 supports the following applications 1. Peace and security ( Foreign ASP Application Service Provider supported) 2. Education 3. Industry and commerce 4. Spiritulity (Coordination with Foreign ASP requirements) 5. Healthcare ( with add on application) After examining the system at the main terminal ( Hargeisa Airport), I could not believe how efficient the system works, it is too scary when you think about how smoothely the system handles peace and tranquillity application. Recently the system has shown some cracks when it failed to run Tranquillity and peace application in Las Anod, a disputed site wher two systems are competing for users. Another application that replaced Somalia 91.0 is the puntland 2002, a robust system remotely controled via wireless from a main frame in a non native environment, Puntland 2002 worked efficiently for the past ten years, but the system was designed to support exisiting Commercial applications. Lately though the system crashed couple of times, but the system manager restored operation back to normal in record time. Some users have tried to run some spirituality applications on Puntland 2002 with no successs, System managers decided not to run any spiritual application on the Puntland 2002 system. In my last trip to Galkaio, engineers who declined to be named confided to me that the reason the Puntland system does not support Spirituality application is because , a non standard interface connecting the system to a non-native host system database in Addis Ababa. Host System In Addis conflicts with the spirituality applications, because it was not designed from the beginning to support spirituality applications. When I visited Mogadishu, the HQ that housed Somalia 91.0 system, I was amazed how resourceful the local residents were, theirs is a system that everyone can log on in Mogadishu and vicinities, called CHAOS 2002. The sytem allows multiple access, no passwords are required to access the system, and everyone has access to the source code if they can invoke a Clan allegiance password. What surprised me in the Chaos 2002 was that it actually runs well if you adjust your pull down menue buton to ( Personal security very low to insignificant) mode, while touring the HQ, I could hear loud sounds and the system engineers assured me that it was a periodic system crashs caused by two subusers belonging to the Father-of-Camels Clan, Engineers spent four days to run the ( tranquillity application) The engineers later told me that the Little-Orphans subClan are not compatible with the Good-News-Reporters subClan, but a temporary solution was found, the Engineers were more worried about another system inconsitency affecting other system users such as the Happiness Clan and their cousins. The strength of Chaos 2002 system is that it is a distributed system, humming within the HQ environment, it could be down in Medina but working fine in Laba dhagax, users are used to fatal errors, they believe that at any time the system can crash, those not affected carry on and live goes on. South of Mogadishu, I was told , that in Kismaio the CHAOS 2002 is working fine and the Jubba lands are connected to Addis Ababa via sattelite where foreign engineers are maintaing the system to make sure that if any integrated systems is placed in Mogadishu, that the system should support the Applications Service Providers current applications, specially the Tigrenya Security and Fisq applications. After this quick tour, I thought about the idea of developing a new system that can accomodate all users who were using the Somalia 91.0 and here is my initial plan: Phase one: Gather requirements of the system ( From Somalinet audience) Here I need your input, what would you like the system to do? User groups can be : 1. Tribal, Color, Sex, Religious preference, Anarchists, etc.dreamers, .. Their requirements can be: Peace, food, faith, health care, education, fun, sports etc. The outcome possibilities are result of the matrix of the above two lines. but to filter them to workable sets, we need to analyze the requirements which brings us to next Phase. Phase Two: Analyze requirements of different user groups for conflict. Developers are worried that some users requirements may critically impair other users or put them out of business. So a delicate job is to weigh the requirements by a fair benchmark, This will lead us to set up a Standard and a Benchmark to accomodate all groups, or as much s possible. Phase Three: Agreement on common standards acceptable to all: After studying the standards issue, our developers have come to a difficult standard: Here is their Motivation: If we select any groups standatd, the other will refuse, because each standard protects the group that has endorsed it, so to be fair we looked for a standard by an outsider. Here we found two choices. 1. Terrestial 2. Extra terrestial after a long debate, the Developers agreed to adopt the Extra Terrestial Benchmark standard. Again Developers found many Standards that claim to be Extra terrestial, after careful examining of all the Standards, the Developers selected ISLAM as the best fit solution for the Somali Users of the sytem, since virtually all Somalis accept this standard, a unanimous deceision was reached to Adobt Islam as the Standard on which to base the Sytem requirements. Phase Four: Conflict resolution based on Standards : Once the Islam Standard is established, A developer team will carry out a Conflict resolution project to narrow down conflicts and bridge concerns, one ancient remedy in this regard is to have each Clans representative marry from its rival to cement love and affection. Other ideas are still flowing and yours is needed. Phase Four: Technical Requirements of the system ( technical Team) Here, A technical team will meet to sift through the heaps of documents collected in other phases, and will meticulously lay down a unified list of requirements for the system, to be presented to Sytem designers. Phase five: System Design this phase will employ all talents available to translate the requiremens into a working system. Your resumes are needed so that we can use your skills where they are neede best. Phase Six: System Testing: Developers will test the system in selected sites, depending on the application mostly used and needed Final Phase: Soft Launch of the system, without any fanfare, the system will be launched quitely and Developers will be on the highest allert to respond to any failures. A Call Center will be set up to learn dynamically the problems, log histories, follow up repair and assign jobs to the most qualified technicians on the pool. A CRM system will be employed to work with the Call center. The Call center will be managed by System specialists who have helped in the development, later , the most experienced Developer will be propmoted to become Chief System Manager, He will not be a human, he will be a SONY assembed ROBOT with artificial intelligence. Nur Productions 2002, All rights are Reserved until further Notice. Nur

Reposting 4 ulul albaab notice

Nomad Bros and sisters Eid Mubaarak to you all, Ameenah sis. Amin walaashey 4 your deeply felt duaa, I can feel it, may Allah bless us all and forgive our sins, and make this upcoming Hegira year a year to get closer to Allah through good deeds driven by Ikhlaas and steered with Knowledge of Quran and Sunnah. Eid Mubaarak 2 all Nur