Is like the Donkey that thaught it was a zebra or was it horse. once a donkey always a donkey, so once a Somali always a Somali .. it will stay with u wheather u like it or not. Just ask anyone what colour Micheal Jackson .. white will not be the answer u will get

Protocal u seem to want to barriers in your way y mentally acepting that one cannot aviod riba in the western world. Allah only burdens us with we can handle, so the fact that we find ourselves in a western word with all its challenges means Allah is merly testing us and we should rise above it. So is easy to aviod riba and if it ultimately means that u will have to choose ur deen or ur study then am sure u will have to choose ur deen and work for a year or two. P.S Ayuuto/Hagbad is no longer just for dumarka, nearlly every man i know is part of one and many a businessmen are in Ayuuto, admittely is the greatest system the Somalis invented it and non-somalis we usuallu pick up on it soon.

^^ Yes u can survive without interest. which beleive system do u value, our faith that tells us Riba is one of the great sins or western beleive system which uses riba to control ordinary indivuals and keep them on lock down forever. I don't know about other countries but in the UK is pretty easy to get through uni ( first degree ) without taking loans. Part-time work should more than cover ones day to day expenses. lets be honest 90% of Somali famlies are low income so the LEA will cover tutition fees. and these days there even a grant available to most people.

Somali pirates.

onne thing is certain, potentials do exist, is just making your pathes cross that is bit hard. If u try hard to be in the right place at the right time then the fact is not natural will shine throyugh u and hence make the situation akward. Trail and error does not work neither since u will always think that there is a type of xaliimoz/farah that u have not sampled yet therefore ending up in a never ending cycle. I think u will find the other half once ur expectatins have been lowered through a combination of ageing and lack of resolve. am now even debating the idea if getting two wives to compliment each other ( and YES there are very good sisters who not mind sharing )

Is a breach of Security andcivil liperties, i hope tat little indain/sir lankan looking lady will come out and denfend their case about how civil liperties needs to be protected. or will the BNB also blame outside contractors like the Government did when they lost all those computer files. I would not be suprised if this is all a PR excercise by the BNB themselves, now their image will change that actually everyday average JOE and Jane agree with their policies.

So perharps ur attention u should be focused on working whose behind this and the likely implicatiopns of it rather than crying foul on the Indians.

So u are saying is all good with the US navy roaming in our coast but detest when the Indians, what kind of mindset u have. For all we know the US Navy is running all thos prites businesses, cause its they who will gain most from it.

Why does it matter when India bring their navy, yet did u raise ur voice when the US etc where already there way before them.

The game is getting too dangerious now. Is time this pricay cases as seen as they are. Clearly the powers that be have a hand in this and the implications of it are far reaching than any of us can comprehend. Intially i think most Somalis supported the pirates as they were seen as the unoffical patrolers of the Somali coast but now days not only the number of hijackings have increased but also the size of the ships beings hijacked and the contents of this ships are not only valuable but are also politcally sensitive. Some have longed susbected that these pirates were nothing but agents of the US/uk/frace/russia ( take ur pick) and that the speed boats required to catch a ship that is so far off the coast of Somalia was provided for them but not to mention technical knowledge. The gain for the main players is clear that now they have an excuse to set up base on one of the the most strategic and lucrative streth of waters in the world. The UN has and will further give legal ligitimacy for the presense of American/EU warships in the coast of Somalia and hence deprive us of what would have our most economical as well as Political bargaining power once a functioning authority is set up in Somalia Later on is clear that powers ( US etc. ) will not leave the new bases that are bound to set up as a result of this increaced piracy as their arguments will be that Somalia cannot patrol these waters and the pirates will return. At least we can take some heart that Russia/China may see the plan of the US before it cooks up and may spoil for them. And I do hope someone can tell the few greedy Somalis that are partaking in this game to realise how dangerious it is for the future of Somalia in the long run.

First we had the Shabaabs outlining with Quraanic and Hadiith evidence why the TFG is kaafir and munaafiqiin and now the defenders of the TFG use the same Hadiths to call the Shabaabs of Munaafiqnimo. Saaxib bax sell the arguements to Zinawe

work,

how i wouls love to ride tat train. Somalis wey kibriin, how u all forgetten when rode thos xaajo khamiis and dabi ka fuul

I would be very weary of Islaah. They have some ideology but at the time as bit dreamy in the sense they will try to please all sides. Ans recently they have become power hungry and they have courted Sheik Shariif in recent months and with him declaring to resign from his Islamic courts post shows they have won over him. The individuals within see the rest of Somalis as unintlegent and easilly dismiss the views of others but will willingly make deals with likes of Ethopia etc.

The shaiks points are very valid and none can disagree with it. But in this election somehow mitigating circusmtances surely means that we have to support Obama, the removing of the Republicans is step in the direction.

And the moral of this story is ?

Ever wondered if a Somali sister could fit into a KO-KART , i say no more.

Is well known that thespritual and Ideological leaders of Al-Shabaab are orginally Somaliland. So i can see where Red Sea is going with this.

Nogone beleives he is a smart ***. He will only change that the day he moves away from the middle ground.

and why i have news from Asmara hotels,

Duke is having one of those days,

And there were no landings. looks like the airlines fear more the threats of Al-shabaab than trust the re-assurances of security by the TFG.

So many Masjids are becoming conformist these days, adhering to health and safety, fire exists etc. so what happens if the fire alarms goes off while we are in prayers, will the masjids get a fine for not evacuating occordingly.

U undermine the kids in the diaspora, remember u are one of them too and look how u turned out. Enough kids who grew up in the west, got some of sort of decetn education and understanding of our faith, maybe a consructive and stuructered programe to make them aware of the problems that exists in Somalia is vital in their development and from they can determine how best they can benefit Somalia. The times of the warlords is fast coming to an end, the choice is simple either we will the that viod or let younger warlords take over.

Norf1 your thinking is all wrong bro, at some point we need to face up to what is happening back home and try to rectify through the experiances we gained from living abroad. That kid shoould be seen a model for all Somali youngesters.