Apophis;871640 wrote: ^^ Two faceness is a natural condition when dealing with very strict dogma. Ps: in my experience the sufi macalin dugsi/ madarasa teachers were the kindest and most knowledgeable ones compared to those who were quick to anger and quicker to proclaim "Sacudi ban wax kuso baraney " Truer words were never typed. The Wahhabi scourge gained momentum after the civil war. The fall of Barre saw the increase of Wahhabi pseudo-scholars who only had 4 years or less of schooling either in Yemen or Saudi Arabia. What has surprised me most though is that a vast majority of Somalis have adopted this ideology.

What about ma is dhahday

oba hiloowlow;902946 wrote: Raaskamboni are the clan winners of 2012 one must agree to that how they succesfully managed to sideline their archenemy in kismaayo they are political maturer than ever and they are here to stay. There should be a 'like' icon added to the forum

nuune;903146 wrote: Haye, reer gabdhahooda ma fool-xunyihiin Sxb it was better to delete the post altogether. Now the whole sentence doesn't make sense at all. I just meant considering the current state of Somalia, everything is based on qabiil and only those in power get to take everything. Ma aha in reerku gabdhohoodu foolxunyihiin.

LOL

Kismayo like all the other cities in Somalia belongs to a certain qabiil. Everyone knows that. It's only logic to let the owners run the affairs of that city

I'm just thinking if such a contest was to be held in Somalia, mostly probably a girl will win it

Xaaji Xunjuf;903006 wrote: arabs and the Somalilanders dont get along way ogyihin any Qalanjo from Somaliland will beat any of their hairy sisters from Arabia Lol .

Alpha Blondy;902701 wrote: eedo Juxa, i'm sorry i cannot discuss this online. i'll make an international call in the next 12 mins or so and shed a tear or two. LOL War ninyohow there's a crisis going on in Hargeisa and other parts of the republic mostly inhabited by the duriyada, with regards to the issue of marriage. Young men simply can't afford to marry because of the inflated "price" of women. This is what my northerner friend always whines about. As a result there's a sharp increase of aging, unmarried women. Since this is the cantrabaqash corner, decided to raise this up.

Nin-Yaaban;902391 wrote: Last time i checked they were around 64 million people and this was around 2005-06. Seems like our Ethiopian neighbors have been busy, because according to the latest CIA world factbook, it now has a population of 91 million (2012 numbers). Wikipedia and the BBC country profile both put it at 84 (2011). Ethnic Somalis still make up 6.2% of the population, and i can imagine they too have grown too. This puts things in perspective for me walle. I think it's only an estimate. There are places in Ethiopia that are inaccessible, but it's a believable estimation.

OdeyJacfar;902289 wrote: Therefore the greatest outcome from the civil war (if we can set aside the million dead from the civil war) is that we have under our disposal great masses of Somalis that have been enlightened . Amongst these great masses are atheists, homosexuals, gangs, religious fanatics etc. What about the hundreds of Somalis who will never come back because they belonged to a minority and despised sub-clan, and those Somalis who won't just come back again because they lost everything in the war and have nothing to come back to. We've lost lots of Somalis to the west that will never set foot in Somalia again. We're a small nation who can't afford to lose such a huge amount of human resources. All these wouldn't have happened if there wasn't a civil war and the two decades of madness that followed.

Apophis;902168 wrote: To the theists of SOL: You do understand that atheists are a very small minority in the world today, in Somalis their number is so small that they're not even worthy of consideration.

I don't think the civil war was a blessing in disguise. I don't share your sentiments. Maybe there would've been a peaceful transition after Barre was ousted. Maybe Somalia would've been strong in terms of military, and maybe oil-rich. The next FB inventor etc you spoke of would easily have been that child who starved to death in the 90s or that hardworking student whose life was brutally cut short. We've been homeless for 20 years, that's no blessing.

Loool :D This made me laugh real hard. I expect atheist(s) to counter-react

Coofle;850053 wrote: Old ladies used to sing while folklore dancing... ((I think it was some version of Saylici)) ""Abaa Tuutsigu , Edooy waa inaga, Ab baan u lahayn"" I didn't know what they meant by Tuutsiga Till later in my life..the verse made sense since then.. The question is ayaa baray oo u sheegay?? Yes!

Xaaji Xunjuf;868085 wrote: Its 4.5 the 3 top seats in Somalia is most likely always shared by the 3 major clans in Somalia if one is the President he cant be the Prime Minister this formula existed before the 4.5 back than it wasn't official now its official so nothing will change really. Then one would assume that any member of the 3 ''major clans'' can either be president or PM. What we have here is a situation where not all sub-clan members from the so called major clans are equal. There's a domination of certain sub-clans and I was wondering what the reason of this is.

General Duke;868078 wrote: After 4 years if this government does the senses, there no longer will be clan based formula and will be based on multi parties and popularity. We might get a President from the clans that are considered to be minorities.. The thing here is even with the current clan formula, what is happening in Somalia is unfair and partial. It's predictable now what the sub-clan of the next PM is gonna be. There are men who can do the job and still fulfill the 4.5 criteria but won't be chosen because they're neither from X or Y....

Shinbir Majabe;868073 wrote: Don't worry, after 4 years waa dhamaanaysaa 4.5, waxaa bilaabanaya goboleysi, marka gobolkaaga ayaa lagaa soo dooranayaa.. Thanks for the kind words Shinbir. Who chose sub-clan Y to represent all other sub-clans, and why must the posts of president and PM ALWAYS be shared amongst these 2 sub-clans? The 4.5 can still work if many other sub-clans are chosen? Why only Y and X?

The president and the prime minister of Somalia must either be from sub-clans X or clan Y. Now we already know the president is from sub-clan X, it's most likely the prime minister is gonna be from sub-clan Y. What if someone from sub-clan Z is picked up to be the prime minister? Just a question. A friend tells me picking up someone from sub-clan Z or A, B, C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W or prime ministers from A1,B2,C3 clans will not go well with the sub-clan Y members. This doesn't make sense at all. When did the X,Y domination of Somalia begin and why?! Having said that, I don't really care where the next prime minister comes from as long as he does his job well but it sort of worries me that since I belong to sub-clan G8, my chances of either becoming a president or a PM are very slim. In fact non-existent

I don't get too much involved in people's lives here. It goes against the reason I made a SOL account, but if a member dies may Allah have mercy on his/her soul. Amin.

Sounds fishy to me. Doesn't sound very credible. It carried on for months and it was only after she was 5 months pregnant that she decided to kill the 'rapist'. If the husband was away for more than 5 months, it makes it even more suspicious. That means she couldn't claim the pregnancy was her real husband's, therefore decides to kill the man..? Why did she have to wait until now to kill the man if the real purpose of the killing was to protect her honor? She could have killed the man earlier. Moral of the story: Don't leave your wife for too long...

I've learnt: - Regardless of what you've achieved in life, you'll always be missing something if you're not a practicing Muslim and remembrance of Allah and reading qur'an really gives one peace of mind and tranquility. -Don't talk when you're angry, and generally silence is golden.

Siilaanyo is a unionist at heart

oba hiloowlow;857734 wrote: I hope Somalis understand this is the last chance fursadaan hadii lagu cayaaro then i'll support Somaliland walahi, puntland waxaan dhihi lahaa idinkana goosta, konfur na maamulo ha sameeystan balkan cml aa iska noqono, :@ May Allah help them. These guys haven't changed for 2 decades.

Good luck to the ahlel sunnah lot, too . They're real mujahids.