Oh, blimey, is it really that hard to refute Bashir's argument and Burahadeer's addition? Because as things have preceded in this thread it comes of as if it's. All I see is employment of ad hominems and people dodging the whole thing. It's embarrassing, really.

So there will be 'Ina Labaax-Sankataabte' after all? Congrats!

I think we're bit too obsessed with marriage as a society and fail at it for the most part. I blame the lack of the boyfriend-girlfriend system (or any other similar one at that).

Naxar Nugaaleed;805541 wrote: Be careful this song is addictive Oh, I've been addicted to it for a long time now!

Right on, Raamsade! Many people view him as sort of a scientific authority and quote him on matters relating to science and religion when his knowledge of science is practically nonexistent. It reminds me of Paul Valéry when he speaks of the human 'folly' of mistaking 'a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths.' Another such guy is Harun Yahya. In my opinion it's sad that the big proponents of Islam in the philosophical and scientific arena are an interior designer who probably neither took a science class nor a philosophy one and a medical doctor ignorant of both! I think all other big religions have better proponents than Islam in this sense.

My favourite part is when he says "then came the Homo sapiens, who died about five hundred thousand years ago."

Somalia, I'm convinced you don't believe yourself half the stuff you say around here. Mukulaalow;801024 wrote: Waryee Garnaqi is ilaali, Xaajiga Xunjuf iyo xertiisa yeysan ku maqal, They believe they are directly from the household of Prophet Muhammad (PPUH), that is why they are called Duriyada, the other guys in Puntland, well they are just happy with an Arab shaikh, they are not pushing hard like the XX guys. I'm not going there, sir. No, no.

Libaax-Sankataabte;800824 wrote: I am positive your sweeping statement above automatically discredits you from being the arbiter of what is intelligent. Hey, chill, man. I've pet peeve with ultra-conservative parties everywhere. It's nothing personal.

Che -Guevara;801050 wrote: ^She will be the most famous Somali if she wins this-she's very humble, kind in person and absolutely believes in her people. Indeed. Nuruddin Farah missed the one for literature quite a while ago, if I recall.

burahadeer;800860 wrote: she was the wife of "ina waqaf" who died last year in Hargeisa.He was 2nd man of UCID party at one time. Give the woman her own identity. She earned it.

Che -Guevara;800976 wrote: ^Wait minute, here comes the descendants of the mythical Arab Shiekhs LOL! I had debate with two of them the other day. We had a bet on it and I produced two Somali authors and more than half a dozen Western historians maintaining that the Arab descendancy story is myth. They insisted that they know a guy who knows a guy who knows an Arab Sheikh who has the documents proving the story of a particular Sheikh. True story!

Honestly, why? He's hopeless. Most of the time he doesn't know what he's talking about. See this: His science is at the level of one of those young Earth creationists. Don't get me wrong - I'm all for good debates on religion/atheism and really admire many men who deviced some good arguments for religion. But why this guy, whose knowledge of science and philosophy appears not to exist at all, attracts so many fan-boys who think he's knowledgable on these matters is a mystery to me.

Maaddeey;800912 wrote: ^^ How is a medical doctor be scientifically illiterate?. Or it is because of his religion as your comment on Hizb al Nuur member of Egypt?. Nice to see you back. Well, apparently yes, and he's a living proof of that. Watch him make the biggest possible blunder in this video: If not knowing the definition of 'scientific theory' doesn't qualify as being 'scientifically illiterate', I don't know what does.

sharma-arke451;799643 wrote: something tells everyone,something else. If by 'everyone' you mean scientifically illiterate simpletons like Zakir Naik, then sure.

Che -Guevara;799994 wrote: You take sabbatical and go to Brazil for these sorts of things. Judging by the party he's from, I doubt he would ever be that smart!

Goodness me, this is one of the worst articles I've read in a while. To say actors like Adrian Lester have won prominent Hollywood roles after having suffered set backs in here is completely inaccurate. Adrian Lester took roles that most British actors only dream of and the only Hollywood he had that I remember was one that was actually 'stereotypical' and was largely about the issue of racism.

Sensei;799848 wrote: ^Ignorance(aqoon daro) & caadifad been ah(emotional), period. Marka, spare me all the nonsense if you have no facts to contribute to the actual matter. You neither phrased a reasonable objection nor requested an explanation for our sentiments. As it happens, it's not even clear what exactly you are burning about. To accuse others of ignorance and being emotional when this is the case is just pure undiluted irony.

Sensei;799397 wrote: The saddest part being the sentiments of Garnaqsi & Somalia. Little bit of history may be detrimental to your cause, plagiarizing from the old proverb. An empty objection if I ever saw one. It would have been better to explain your problem with our sentiments rather than the above.

Engaging a mindless war with your neighbour does not qualify as dignity. It's the opposite, in fact.

Somalia;799337 wrote: 1985 is too late for things to change, if you'd chosen 1984 then maybe there could be a chance. I agree. I think a really good time would have been at the beginning of 1977, though.

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;799355 wrote: A group of prominent elders had done exactly what some of you are advocating in Juun, 1990, some six months before dagaalada Xamar ka bilowdeen. 1990? That's laughable from nothern perspective.

Zakir Naik's address at the Oxford Union was one of the worst performances I've ever seen. I was cringing the whole time.

This thread and most of the posts it contains are quite simply dreadful! This is too low even for the politics section!

Libaax-Sankataabte;794286 wrote: Siilaanyo made a speech somewhere else and was posted by the Foriegn Ministery staff on audioboo.fm . To clear any doubts, show us a video of Siilaanyo speaking at the actual conference while everyone is listening. This is getting ridiculous!

The Hermet;794264 wrote: my prsident speaks better english then the TFG muppets. :cool: Smug!