The Garowe conference comes at a time when cheapened slogans of jihad and dignity, imitation of popular legends such Sayidka and Ahmed Gurey, snippets of raw quotations from the Koran, and sheer pulpit oratory are almost replacing and corrupting apt sayings of the prophet, teachings of theology and limits of jurisprudence, historical narratives of da’wah struggle and the essence of being wadaad. It’s an excellent introduction, and constitutes a proper groundwork to combat the prevalent theological deviations that drove well meaning youth to sever the head of own brothers and sisters in Islam in the hope of being amongst pleasers of Allah, the Great. If one were in doubt that Somalia’s Muslim scholars were incapable in mustering united-front against apparent excesses, the Garowe conference proved otherwise. If one were in the illusion that political clichés and youtube catchphrases of dividing the Somali terrain into Muslim vs Gaal would deter these scholars from uttering the righteous word, the Garowe conference showed that these aging lions are still capable baring their teeth at the ruckus that is the gathering hyenas. One can call them traitors, sleepers with the enemy, weaklings, but the strength of their word, and stealth of their message is hard to ignore. It will sure penetrate in the trenches of the hurriedly organized youth, who were only told that fighting was great but the fiqh of fighting was sadly omitted in the shallow sermons they received. One can already see, the fear in the hearts of our online brigade since the release of religious communiqué from Garowe. If Kismayo’s Guulwade military camp inaugurated the birth of armed da’wah, Garowe’s conferences will insha Allah lead the way to shed off the execess and impose the required discipline for the profession of being men of da’wah. As for the men who came afar to give profitable sermons, amy Allah bless you, and may His mercy engulf you. Aamiin

Ijjaazah denied

^^Tough love it was indeed. Have you not noticed that secessionist leadership in Hargeysa is trying out that same tough love and applying it to LA Why am I getting the impression that my northern brothers are livid with this post? I suppose they all got mad at my narrative of Somalia’s second son's behavior. It’s interesting to note however that they agree and support his behavior, yet disagree the depiction of a renegade son

Al Shaafici's verses are abused here Muslim Scholars are not dogs, nor do they condone injustice anywhere. But what else would expect from a takfiiri brother

lol@Alamagan's 'sudden loss of her long partner' allah yarxamhu awoowe good one Stoic and Prince.

Somalia Somalia war 'not jihad,' concludes Islamic conference in Puntland 22 Apr 22, 2010 - 2:16:37 PM A week-long Islamic conference that was held at Masjid Al-Huda in Garowe, the administrative capital of Somalia's stable northern state of Puntland, ended on Wednesday evening with a substantive outcome and a public appeal from the well-respected Somali Islamic scholars in attendance. The Muslim scholars, from all corners of Somalia including breakaway region of Somaliland, gathered to discuss the history of Islam in Somalia and the methods of Da'wah, or the peaceful preaching of Islam across the population. Among the top names in the conference include Sheikh Ali Warsame Hassan, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, Sheikh Abdullahi Dahir Jama, Sheikh Abdinasir Haji Ahmed, Sheikh Mahammed Idiris Ahmed, Sheikh Abdiqadir Nur Farah, Sheikh Yussuf Adan, Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman Representatives from the Government of Puntland, including Cabinet ministers and members from Nugal provincial and district authorities, attended the closing ceremony of the conference. Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, who is currently on an official foreign trip, addressed the conference by speaking over the phone. After the ceremony, the Islamic scholars jointly issued a 12 point communiqué that highlights the current scenarios facing Somalia, and condemning many un-Islamic practices used to fuel the escalating conflict and also warning the people. They called on the Muslims to strictly follow the Islamic way of life and adhere to the ways in which Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used in reaching out to the population. Authorities in Somalia were urged to implement the Islamic Shari'ah Law in the areas they control. The Islamic clerics warned of legitimizing shedding Muslim blood in the "disguise of fighting for Islam" and also tagging a Muslim person as an infidel without taking the due process. "Somalis are Muslims and they need to be calmly corrected in terms of their faith, culture and behavior. So, it is not acceptable for these groups fighting in Somalia to judge each other and other people as apostate," reads the communiqué issued at the conclusion of the Islamic conference in Garowe. The clerics also agreed that the war that is going on in Somalia is an "incitement" rather than a holy war (jihad), as claimed by the Islamist insurgent factions like Al Shabaab. The communiqué condemned the presence of foreign troops in the country, saying they are not welcomed by the Somali people. Mogadishu is home to about 5,300 soldiers from Uganda and Burundi who are serving under an African Union peacekeeping mandate. The presence of foreign troops inside the war-torn country is "dangerous to the religion and socio-political well being of the population," it adds. Acts of piracy along the Somalia's coastline was also condemned in the communiqué, terming it "dangerous and shameful to Islam" and also degrading the people's way of life. The Somali Islamic scholars proposed a large reconciliation conference to be held inside Somalia, which would bring together all the Islamic scholars to discuss the way forward in the bid to find a lasting solution for the swelling problems that face Somalia at the moment. While in Puntland, the scholars held discussions with different people, including students, women's groups and the business community to enlighten society about Islam and related religious issues. This annual conference comes at an appropriate time in Somalia' s turbulent history, as armed factions waging war in the name of Islam have created divisions among Muslims, both in Somalia and around the world, and have attracted foreign fighters to wage war inside Somalia. Somalia's Western-backed interim government is headed by President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is a former chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, which controlled Mogadishu and other regions in 2006 until being thrown by Ethiopian troops, which sparked today's insurgency. The main insurgent groups fighting the government include Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, both which are splinter factions of the ICU from 2006. Both groups claim they want to impose Shari'ah law throughout Somalia and to overthrow the current interim government in Mogadishu, which enjoys the backing of AU peacekeeping troops. They accuse the government's top leaders of being "puppets" of the West. Somali insurgent groups have often dismissed the declarations of the country's most respected Islamic scholars, who were in attendance at the Garowe Islamic conference. Its not clear what impact the conference's message will have on the ongoing insurgency, but observers say the conference's message has reached the public and is a counter-weight against the radical message of Islamist insurgents .

Originally posted by Sayid*Somal: halkii eri'ba. And you want to interpret my piece, and make money on it. Please delete what you wrote. Edit: Sayidow dadka inaan ku jeclahay waad ogtahay'e ee PMka xun fur.

Dear Somalia, It’s now full nineteen years, since your premature death by civil war wounds. Although I was a young boy, I vividly remember your sudden collapse, and the subsequent torment that engulfed your orphaned people. Knowing fully well that I would never be able again to enjoy the benefits only you were able to offer me, and to millions of my fellow countrymen, I decided to write you this letter. Let me first begin by narrating to you how the world changed by your death. Your death, Somalia, has changed the world in ways that few could’ve ever predicted. Initially your suffering, the weeping of your women, the humiliation of your men, the ransacking of your great cities, and the trampling of your tall statues offered great news for millions of viewers around the world. Your pain and open wounds created employment for hundreds of analyst and pseudo experts. Artists and screenwriters composed action movies depicting the undignified fight your children engaged over the properties you left behind. Although many, and mainly your family, missed you, and still miss you, many others viewed your departure and the subsequent tussle between your children as a great entertainment. Some of your friends saw your death as a lucrative trade; your enemies found your demise an opportunity to thrive. Both are in cahoots to support ad hoc agencies to take your place. But nothing would sadden you more than the varying reaction your children showed toward your premature death. I cannot say for sure if it’s a failing of yours or a fate-exacted blight, but your children, Somalia, did not express grief in an equal fashion. It would dismay you that some of you children did not even show a sign of grief at all. While some predictably wept, and continue to cry for you, others, including your second son, sought to derive personal advantage from your death. Instead of working toward the unity of the family you left behind, he insisted on dividing it. Instead of showing solidarity with his brothers and sisters in their hour of need, he declared that he has no shared aims with them, and swore on going his own separate way. I remember how much you invested in him, giving him facilities that would prepare him to take the helm one day. It must had been the tough love you often showed all of us that alienated him from the rest of the family. Your other children although still insisting they love you and miss you, engaged in sheer self-destruction, destroying your fifty-year efforts to improve and renovate your properties. Because of them, your great palaces are reduced to rubbles; your signature projects such as airports and harbors are ruined to an unrecognizable state. They rendered your civilization and your legacy to sheer savagery. The world mock you and what you left behind because of what your children did. Perhaps it would give you mixed feelings to know that some of your children had become fraternity of pirates, harming marital trade and your reputation. But in your absence, these organized children of yours serve the purpose your once strong navy served, protecting the wealth of your oceans. They robbed the innocent with a one hand, while repelling invaders with the other. Perhaps it would surprise you that your difficult, rebellious children in the north and east are the meekest and peace-loving today, whilst those about whom you always said are mannered are the most unruly, mutinous. I am also sure you would find a bit amusing that some of your children came up with peculiar mixture of religious dedication and commitment to serve Allah( cwj) with pure, savage brutalities that is only conceivable in the minds of criminals such as thugs, cutpurses and burglars. They changed your flag in the name of religion, shrunk your borders in the name of expanding them, and shelled and killed their own brothers and sisters in the name of defending your dignity and faith. Although some of your weeping widows and suffering children are herded in vast refugee camps, and new generation of global agencies is created to sustain them, others crossed vast oceans and started new life. They’ve become the symbols of new addition in the society they settled in, bringing your heritage and language in places you would never imagine it would reach. Your birthday is celebrated in the centers of powers today, and has become familiar event that draws prominent local and national politicians. Your vagabond scholars are wandering the globe, sharing and spreading your history. They still recite your poems, and songs. They still share the famous battles you fought, the heroes you raised, and the great legends you produced. Your true men of religion still congregate in the houses of Allah, praying for the cessation of violence, counseling for dialogue and reconciliation amongst warring brothers. Your own children have destroyed your capital, but your other children have built a dozen more mini Mogadishus and settled in many places, and across continents. Many mocked your name, and equated it to death and destruction, but some of your children raised your name and flag atop of centers of world power and prestige. You are indeed dead, but some of your children refused your death to eclipse what you stood for. Somalia, I have grown old, and have children of my own today, and it would please you that those whom you never saw also miss you. xiinfaniin, one of your sons, who grew old

NGONGE has often reminded SOL nomads that it’s futile to pick a fight with a satirist. One could hardly find a better illustration of the consequence of ignoring NGONGE’s counsel than the story of John vs. Fox News. I did not bother to find the vid clips of Jon. Vs. Fox News feud. But the John’s last episode mocking Fox News, delivering a Gospel version of his original parody on Fox is great art. here it is: Jon Stewart Hits Back At Fox News

President Riyaale is bringing closure to past atrocities. After all, he was in the know of previous regime brutal ways to put down snm rebels

alshabaab is suspect in this, who else would kill men hired to renovate a building intended to house TFG parliament? Kashafa, can you confirm this?

Originally posted by Member-sol-: Culimadaan ayagaa awal isku tilmaamay culimada waqooyi bari. Maqli meysid ayagoo ka hadlaya dadka loo gacan galiyo gaalada axmaarada iyo waxey diintu ka qabto. Waa culimo qaab qabiil ku shaqeeya umadana aaney kawada dhaxeynin, ficilkooda cadeynaya. Qodoba ay ka hadleen waxaa ka mid ahaa "al wala wal bara" hadana waxaa illaalinaya maamulo heshiisyo amni la leh dawlada Ethiopia. Qofka cilmigaas waxaa laga cabiraa intuu yaqaano wuxuu ku falo, ya hada sheydaanka ka cilmi badan? Cilmi baan heynaa, afkana waan furaneyna waxba keeni mayso. Waana nimankaan kuwa ka dhaadhiciyay sh. ibraahim inuu "hudna" sameeyo, axmaarana lagu wada hoos noolaado wal ciyaadu billaah! ^^Xatta sawirada muujinaya in meesha culumadii soomaaliya lagu yiqiini intoodi badnayd ku dhantahay ma kaa celin waayeen inaad tiraahdo hal qabiil culumadii baa meesha ku shirtay? Waxa kale ood qortay even if it merits a discustion waxaa isku fuuqsaday fahma xumada aad hadalka ku bilowday. Midse ogow, culumadu sida fahamkaaga diiniga ahi yahay,sida aad u aragto in mudnaantu tahay, sida ay adiga kula tahay in mucaamalada iqliimiga ahi ay u dhacdo, iyo cumuuman aragtiyada xammaaska iyo soo-booddada ku dhisan, culumadu sida wax uma arkaan, si kale oo ka qoto dheer, oo ka xeel dheer, oo ka xikmad badan bay ku taliyeen. In lagu caayo, iyo in lagu maago intaba waa ku tala galeen, waana warathatul anbiyaa, iyagaa xanbaarsan aqoontii islaamka saas ooy tahay waa la khilaafi karaa, laakiin ninka khilaafayow baro aadaabul khilaaf, intaadan iska hadlin

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: Waxyaalo aan hadal u baahnayn baa jira ,,,, someone felt like supporting an admin and the only thing he could find was those thugs .... Saakaan shaah caddays ah cabbayey, ku mee?

Feguson, waad gefeysaa awoowe. Itixaad waagii labaatan jirka ahaa wuxuu sameyneyey baa adiga hadda kula fiican oo kula xiisa badan. hadda itixaadku waa waalid, waa khabiir, waa tii salaan carabeyey'e, nin labaatan buuxsadey adduun waa lagdamaayaane, lixdan labiyo toban baan dulmaray waana la hubaaye'e, haddaan anigu lawfari aqiin haatan lawlabeyey'e wixii suura gali karaba waa lagu dayaa, hadafku maaha inaad amxaaro ka adkaato, hadafku waa inaad masiirkaaga yeelato. muhiim maaha inaad guusha maanta hesho, caqligaasi waa kan alshabaab lumiyey. arrintu geesinimo iyo xiniinyo taabasho maaha, mana aha aano iyo ficil dirir. waa wax ka weyn. inta sheekh ibraahim hadda sameeyey, nacasnimo iyo khalad midna maaha, waa isku day. hadduu guulaysto adaa u aayaya, hadduu fashilmana, kuwa ku xiga baa ka leexanaya oo iska jiraya. waaba intaase maad wac-wacda sheekha ka deysid.

^^Only if you have a little deeper knowledge on these raw nusuuss you are throwing around to imply half of Somalis are non Muslims. Just in case Keligii-Muslim Kashafa is still wondering what I meant by theological legitimacy, this is it. What you see above is a measured, well-thought out rebuttal from the most respected Somali Muslim scholars to combat the violent excesses and theological deviations of Alshabaab. These are live intellectual bullets awoowe. This grand Islamic conference shall be repeated in Bosaaso, Burco, Galkacyo, Hargeysa, and in any other city where security situation permits it.

Garowe(AllPuntland)- Maamulka Puntland ayaa sheegay in ay ciidan udiri doonaan deegaanka Garacad ee gobalka Mudug oo ay hada joogaan kooxo badan oo ka mid ah Burcad Badeeda Soomaalida, isla markaasna halkaas ku haysta Maraakiib badan oo ay ka soo qabsadeen meelo ka baxsan biyaha dalka Soomaaliya. Puntland ayaa sheegay in ay ciidamadaasi noqon doonaan kuwa la dagaalama kooxaha Burcad Badeedaha, isla markaasna aysan kayeeli doonin in ay ku sii nagaadaan deegaanka Garacad ee gobalka Mudug. Saraakiisha ciidamada ee Puntland ayaa sheegay in ay hada ciidamadaasi diyaar yihiin, isla markaasna ku sii jeedaan deegaanka howlaha shaqo ay ka qabanayaan ee gobalka Mudug, iyagoo la kulmi doona Odayaasha dhaqanka oo ay kala hadli doonaan sidii cid kasta ay kala soo baxdo qofka uga jira. Maamulka Puntland ayaa dhawaan sheegay in ay la dagaalami doonaan Burcad Badeeda, oo ay dhulka kala dagaalami doonaan, ayna udulqaadan doonin in xeebaha Puntland la keno Markab afduub ahaan lugu soo qabtay. Taliyaha ciidamada Birmadka ee Puntland G/sare C/risaaq Axmed Gantaal ayaa sheegay in aysan cidnaba ka yeeli doonaan in ay ka baaqsadaan deegaanka Garacad, wuxuuna ku dheeraaday sida loogu baahan yahay la dagaalan adag oo lala galo kooxaha Burcad Badeeda ah ee Soomaalida. “ Burcad Badeeda ma dagana Puntland, waxa ay joogaan oo kaliya Garacad oo Mudug ah, ayana dhawaan ayaa ku sii jeednaa oo aan tagaynaa ma ogolaan doono Burcad Badeednimo dambe”Ayuu yiri Taliyaha ciidamada Birmadka ee Puntland G/sare C/risaaq Axmed Gantaal. F. C. Maxamed AllPuntland

Puntland oo Ciidamo la Dagaalama Burcadda Badeed u Diraysa Degmada Garacad ee G/Mudug Arbaco, 21, April, 2010 (HOL) Maamulka Puntland ayaa Qorshaynaya in Ciidamo xoogan loo diro degmada Garacad oo ka tirsan Gobolka Mudug ,halkaasi oo afduub loogu haysto dhowr Markab oo Beesha Caalamka laga leeyahay. Waxaa La sheegay in Ciidamadan ay weerari doonaan xarumo dhowr ah oo ay Burcad badeedu ku leeyihiin degmadaasi ,isla markaana xoog looga sii daynayo maraakiibta ay haystaan. Taliyaha Ciidamada Birmadka Puntland C/risaaq Axmed Gantaal oo la hadlay qaar ka mid ah warbaahinta Bosaaso ayaa sheegay in howlgalo balaaran ay ka fulin doonaan degmada Garacad oo aan horay loo gayn ciidamo ka tirsan Puntland. Waxaa kaloo Taliyaha uu sheegay in Howlgalo laga fuliyay degmada Baargaal ay ku guulaysteen Ciidanka Birmadka ,kaasi oo lagu soo qabqabtay kooxo ka tirsan Burcad badeeda Somaalida oo halkaasi ku sugnaa. "Cidii is hortaagta Hawlgalada la fulin doono,Waxaa la marsiin doonaa Sharciga u dagan Puntland, Burcaddana waan la dagaalamaynaa" ayuu yiri Taliyaha isaga oo ku sugan degmada Bosaso. Maamulka Puntland ayaa bilaabay dadaalo hor leh oo lagula dagaalmayo Burcad badeeda ,ka dib markii Guddi ka tirsan Qaramada Midoobay uu saaray Warbixin ku aadan in Hogaanka Puntland iyo Burcadd badeeda ay Xiriir leeyihiin. Dhawaan Degmada Baargaal waxaa tagay Ciidamo ka tirsan Birmadka ,Waxaana la hadal hayaa sida ay suurtagal ku noqonayso in Burcadd Badeeda laga sifeeyo Degmada Garacad oo ah meel ay awooda badan kuu leeyihiin. Faisel Maxamed Hassan,Hiiraan Online

Xaaji Xanduf, just like Ayoub Sheekh, is alergic to any good news from Puntland. His latest reaction is due to this news: Top Muslim Scholars Gather in Garoowe

Dhuuse marreeb has become alshabaab graveyard

This is precisely why I think Faroole gets it on a level most politicians don’t. In the past religious community in general and Islamic scholars in particular has been generally viewed in Puntland’s intelligence circles with suspicious lenses. Faroole has fundamentally altered Puntland’s relationship with that segment of the society. Instead of viewing them as a potential danger that should be monitored and contained, he identified, them through strategic consultation, as the greatest asset Puntland and Somalia have. That’s why scholars gathering in Puntland’s capital are given the respect they deserve, and the state and its security organizations are facilitating the ongoing Islamic seminar in Garowe. Contrast this with previous gatherings these scholars used to hold. It’s ironic that alshabaab drove some of these scholars from their homes and denied their roles while Faroole’s admin afforded them with respect. This is big gathering: Sh.Yuusuf Aadan , Shiikh Dr.Bashiir Axmed Salaad, Shiikh Cali Warsame , Shiikh Cabdullaahi Daahir Jaamac, Shiikh Cabdinaasir Xaaji, Shiikh Dr Axmed Xaaji , Shiikh Cabdulqaadir Nuur Faarax, Shiikh Daahir Aw-cabdi , Sh.Xassan Maxamed Ibraahim , Shiikh Axmed CabdiSamad , Shiikh Maxamuud Abusheyba Sh axmed Maxamed Sulaymaan Sh. Maxamed Idiris

Originally posted by General Duke: Garoowe:Dawlada Puntland oo qaabishay Culimada ugu Caansan Dalka Soomaaliya..(Faafahin ku saabsan kulankan). Kulankan ayaa kusoo gabagaboobey jawi aad u wanaagsan,waxaana Kulankan ka qeybgalay Culimada u caansan Dalka Soomaaliya oo ay kamid ahaayeen:- Sh,Cabdulqaadir Nuur Faarax Sh,Cali Warsame Xasan Sh,Yuusuf Adan Qaadi Sh,Dr,Bashiir Axmed Salaad Sh,Axmed Maxamed Sulaymaan Sh,Nuur Daley Sh,Axmed Jabriil Sh,Ciise Soofe Duraan Sh,Maxamed Barow Sh,Yaasin Waa xulkii wallee

Bal balaari. Al yacni faah faahi. Nabaadiino

This, I believe, is the classical definition of stuff and some nonsense . The real question is why would NGONE refuse to claim his genius production, the brilliance that manifested on this board in the form of Maaddeey script?

^^Waadigii fiicnaa markaadan Riyaalaysnayne, bal waxay kula tahay sheeg. Geella reerka Gaaroodi looga dhacayna yuusan ra'yigaaga saameyn

Nin raggaa hammiyee caalle, waa hogashadiisiiye Hiirtaanyo meeshii leh waa, laga huleelaaye Waa lagu hirtaa meel haddii, halabe kuu yaalle Khallif Sheekh waa dood bi'is! Instead of analyzing the situation, and studying the strategic imperatives that might’ve led to this development, he chose to slander the whole process, characterizing it as surrender. Maxaa ba’aya haddii Ethiopia lala heshiiyo? Suuro gal ma tahay in si kale wax loo raadiyo? Dan ma u tahay in gobolku nabdoonaado oo ciidanka dul hoganaya laga kaxeeyo? Malaga kaxeyn karaa? Maxay Ethiopia rabtaa horta? Yaa faaidayya yaase khasaaraye haddii xabadu joogsato? Ma jiraan dul-duleelo siyaasadeed oo Ethiopia ka jira hadda oon shalayn jirin? Ma danbuu galay ninkii isku daya inuu ka faaideysto? Waa su’aalo. Armuu heshiiskani beesha gobonadda doonaysay kala qaybiyaa? Armay wadaadadu noqdaan gaashaan ka sokeeya Ethiopia oo iyagoo huwan marada nabad-iyo-xasilooni ay dirir kala horyimaadaan ONLF ta weli ku qanacsan in dhiiggaa loo daadiyo xornimada iyo gobonimada dalka? Armay Ethiopia iyo Zenawi sirayaan wadaadad ooy doorashooyinka kaga gudbayaan? Taasi run ma tahay? Armay qabyaaladi ku jirtaa heshiiska oo qolo sadbursi ku doonaysaa? Maamulka gurracan ee Ethiopia maqaarsaaratay iyo wadaadda maxaa durba isku dhaweeyey? Waa su'aalo kale.