^^This is no Lasqoray skirmishes…this is bigger and larger. It’s tiring to repeat the same argument over and over again, but what needs courage today is to embrace peace…and that is what good Sharif is providing at this moment. And he will succeed IA.

Canada granted access to Canadian detained for year and a half in Ethiopia THE CANADIAN PRESS Jim Bronskill OTTAWA - After 18 months of fruitless effort, Canadian officials in Ethiopia have succeeded in visiting a former Toronto man held under mysterious circumstances in an Addis Ababa jail. The Foreign Affairs Department said Monday that diplomats in the East African country saw imprisoned Canadian Bashir Makhtal last Friday. "Canadian officials were able to verify Mr. Makhtal's well-being during our recent consular visit," Foreign Affairs spokesman Shaun Tinkler said in an email response to questions from The Canadian Press. "We will continue to press Ethiopian authorities to ensure that we are provided with regular consular access." Lorne Waldman, Makhtal's lawyer, said Foreign Affairs told him of the visit but provided him no details. "We haven't been given a report about what transpired during the meeting." Waldman has long been worried by unofficial reports from Ethiopia that Makhtal has already appeared before a military court where he will face trial. "The military courts are notorious for their lack of due process," Waldman said Monday. Tinkler said the department "has not been advised of any criminal charges filed against Mr. Makhtal by Ethiopian authorities." Belay Kidane, first counsellor at the Ethiopian Embassy in Ottawa, had no comment on the case Monday, calling it an "issue of national security for us." Makhtal, a Canadian citizen born in Ethiopia, came to Canada as a refugee and later moved to Kenya, where he opened a used-clothing business. He was on business in Somalia during an invasion by Ethiopian troops in late 2006. Makhtal fled back to Kenya, but was detained along with several others at the Kenya-Somalia border. There have been suggestions he is of interest to the Ethiopian government due to his grandfather's involvement in a separatist group in the country's ****** region. New York-based organization Human Rights Watch says Makhtal was among at least 34 people deported to Somalia from Kenya on Jan. 20, 2007, aboard an African Express Airways flight to Mogadishu. Makhtal was later shipped to Ethiopia, and Canadian officials have tried repeatedly to see him - efforts that did not pay off until last Friday. Human Rights Watch maintains that beginning in late December 2006, Kenyan security forces arrested at least 150 people of some 18 different nationalities at border crossing points with Somalia. These individuals were then detained in and around Nairobi for periods that violated Kenyan law, the group says. While held in Nairobi, intelligence officials, including American authorities, interrogated several foreign nationals, Human Rights Watch said. Subsequent deportations on a series of special flights amounted to a joint removal of individuals of "interest to the Somali, Ethiopian or U.S. governments." But for more than a year there have been more questions than answers about Makhtal's case. "There's never been any official acknowledgment that he's been charged," Waldman said. "Bashir's family has tried repeatedly to get a lawyer to see him, and every effort has been rebuffed." Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai, the parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, expressed Canadian concern over the case during a March visit to Ethiopia. But access to Makhtal continued to be denied. Waldman is heartened by the fact Canadian officials have now visited Makhtal in prison, but he criticized Ottawa for being too timid. "I'm very grateful that as a result of all the hard work of the consular officials, they've been able to achieve access for Bashir, but I think it would have happened sooner and we would be far further down the road if there had been a more aggressive intervention." Waldman has long argued that Canada should use its generous aid to Ethiopia as a means of ensuring co-operation in Makhtal's case. Source: CP, July 23, 2008

‘Dear to us is Sheekhul Islaami ‘, said Ibnul Qayim, ‘but the truth is dearer.’ It goes to Sh. Hassan too. Few resisted peace and spoke in generalities as the good Sheekh has done yesterday and succeeded. And as that Greek philosopher whose name escapes me once said, pitfalls await he who speaks in generalities! the peace caravan shall continue its journey…

SHIIKH SHARIIF: “Asmara ma joogaan xubno xil-ka-qaadis nagu sameyn kara, mana jiro qalad aan sameynay oo xilka nalooga qaadi karo” Arbaco, July 23, 2008(HOL): Guddoomiyaha Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta Soomaaliya garabka Jibouti Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed ayaa ka soo horjeestay xil ka qaadis ay sheegeen in ay ku sameeyeen Xubnaha Isbaheyisga Dib u xoreynta ee fadhigoodu yahay Dalka Eritrea. Shiikh Shariif waxaa uu sheegay in xubnaha ku sugan Asmara aysan dhameyn kuwo xil ka qaadis ku sameyn kara, wuxuuna sheegay in uusanba jirin qalad ay sameeyeen oo uu ku muteysan karo xil-ka-qaadis. “Waxaa xil-ka-qaadis nagu sameyn kara seddex meelood labo meel xubnaha Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta, sida aan ognahayna xubnaha Asmara jooga intaas ma dhama”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo sheegay in aysan jirin sabab xilka looga qaado, “waxaa xilka nalooga qaadi karaa xil gudasho la’aan iyo in aan qaladaad sameyno, taasina ma aysan dhicin, kaliya waxa nagula heysto waa maxaad nabadda uga shaqeyneysaan”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo isagoo ku sugan dalka Jibouti u waramayay Idaacadda Shabelle ee Magaalada Muqdisho. “Haddiiba cid qalad ku jirto waxaa qaladkaas galay Xubnaha Asmara oo ka hor-yimid mas’uuliyiintooda, sida shareecada Islaamka qabtana waa in loo hoggaansamaa mas’uuliyiinta”ayuu mar kale yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo sheegay in aysan xubnaha Asmara xor u ahayn afkaartooda, isla markaana ay faragelin ku heyso Dowladda Eritrea oo uu sheegay in aysan rabin in ay Soomaaliya xasilooni hesho Ciidamada Itoobiyana ay ka baxaan, “Ciidamada Itoobiya haddii ay Soomaaliya ka baxaan taasi dhibaato ayay u arkeysaa Eritrea, sidaas darteedna ma ogolaaneyso in xal loo helo mushkiladda Soomaaliya”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed. Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo sii hadlayay waxaa uu sheegay in ay ka go’an tahay in ay ka shaqeeyaan sidii Ciidamada Itoobiya looga saari lahaa Soomaaliya, “Waxa loo wada halgamayay waxay ahayd in Ciidamada Itoobiya laga saaro Soomaaliya, marka waxaa is-weydiin leh maxaa ku jaban haddii Itoobiyaanka la saaro dalka iyadoo aan xabad la adeegsaneynin”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif. Si kastaba arrintu ha ahaatee, Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta Soomaaliya oo ay wada dhisteen Xubno ka socday Maxkamadaha Islaamka, Xubno la baxay Baarlamaanka xorta ah oo laga saaray Baarlamaanka Dowladda Federaalka, Xubno ka socda Bulshada Rayidka iyo Soomaalida Dibadaha ku nool ayaa wuxuu haatan noqday mid labo u kala jabay oo weliba leh labo hoggaan oo iska soo horjeeda. Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Mogadishu, Somalia

^^ I noticed unknown1 was hitting on you, i didtn't say you were buying it though . Istaghfuralaah! Khalas, i am out.

^^Ms D, i dont think you would be content with a dirac gift. Dirac Islaamaha iyo gabdhaha isa siiyaa ee qofyahay NG ha waalin yuusan duruuc postada dhigine ...

nice one...hadda wixii ka danbeeya waa inaan dadka kaarta qodaal ku harawsadaa ...lol. Edit: JB's posts are kaarto qodaal . Caadi yaan u bilaabay saaxiib...

Kaarto qodaal, what is it ?

NG,lawnmower beel! Even traditional perfumes and jwellary gifts would give a much better impressoin than duruuc...ma habar dubay ka timid baan ahay maxaa duruuc igu raray.

^^wuu is yeel-yeelayyaa Ibtisaam baa loo ammaanay oo uu danleeyahay'e dan iyo heela how u gelin adeer.

Direc & garbasaar, if that is what it was, is not a manly gift.

@ A & T. unknowm1 is our freind too! Mine was a peace gesture saaxiib...

unkown1, أقول لها وقد طارت شعاعا من الأبطال ويحك لن تراع You don’t have to be erratic in defending your cause if you believe one adeer. Opposing Ethiopia is a bigger a cause than supporting al shabaabs… You didn’t have to hastily claim things you weren’t so sure about your level of conviction in them. Having said that, there is this part of me that likes you especially when your lead opponents are JBs of sol!

^^ Allah, with Malika’s and Che's declared support, the cynics have no chance

^^ NG xiniinya cadde wallee waa raggeedii, waa mahare cali

^^ I know you are not a cynic adeer... Kashafa is on our side. He wanted Ethiopia out, and Ethiopia will be out IA. Rag kalaan u danleeyahaye'e adigu waad fiicantahay saaxiib!

^^They made a compelling case yaa doctoore. I wonder what the cynics will say next.

Angry? Come again for that one yaa Ibti! Perhaps a conference is needed. As you know i like holding conferences to sort out somalis disagreements. The other side should send some one other than the good redka though. i dont know the distance between Baligubadle and Oodweyne, but the man has something in common with Oodka .

Haneefah, anigu asagaanba lahayyaaye wuusan garanayn... A & T, i have no sinister motive in supporting you on this one .

Xiddigo has won the Awdal debate. Creating a reactionary thread will not take away her trophy. Redka’s protest has no merit. Secessionism has not succeeded so far. Opposing it is not akin opposing SL and its various communities. Those are very simple facts. But this cult has no regard for facts…and that too is another simple fact.

Dhanka nabaddaa loo battay. And that's a good sign.

The 'engagement' piece good Lily revealed would certainly change my stance on this story. But i didn't notice that in A & T’s narrative. I thought he was only doing the shukkaansi thing when he was overwhelmed with the young sister. It was only after uu la baxay that he actually went before the family with his elders, as it’s customary done. Waryee xaaska cusubi walaalo ma leedahay? Hadday leedahay ma ka yar-yaryihiin? Hadday ka yar-yaryihiin isku meel ma joogtaan? Haddaad ku jawaabto yes for all the above qs, please meesha isaga guur saaxiib. Old habits die hard, and I am not at all sure if you learnt how to manage your courage…

Allow waayo noo daa... يري بنور ألله ^^Listen this man yaa Ikhwaanii; he truelly speaks language of leadership...

A & T, waxbuu jeclaaday si xalaala buuna wax ku raadiyey! The only sin he committed was following his heart, and not his head. That’s ok. It happens all the times. That he didn’t marry his late sister in law was a pure calaf…you cant blame the man for the things that were not meant to be… The bravery is there despite my friend’s bashfulness to claim that quality of his. How else would one describe the audacity to come back to the same family and ask their daughters hand whose sister you just dumped? I mean that takes some balls, maaha? Of course, in the benefit of hindsight A & T recognizes his lapse of judgment in that ordeal. And that’s a good thing…for the love of Allah I do not wish the man to continue switching and doing like he did before. There is some level of disgrace, but the man have not committed a sin…so stop making it like he did !

Many thanks to the Blessed one...it must borne in mind that great Ibnu T finally died in his cell...and at his jinaazah, hundreds of thousands came out to pray for him. Farah, google Ibnu Taymiya's letters if you get a chance adeer...he was truelly an entellectual and a man of religion and deep seated values. For that I love him... Bashir, dead or a live, just like the late Makhtal, will be on the lead verses of History’s chapters IA, and not a mere footnote, as it were, for this great struggle!