I am beginning to suspect you follow MJ's footsteps very closely lool. You might say I am jackson expert. Simply, you never know. But lets hope positive things will come out of this. Remember his brother is a practicing Muslim . Maybe he is the one that convinced Micheal to move to ME.

Jackson to build a mosque in Bahrain (Agencies) 24 November 2005 MANAMA — World’s top pop singer Michael Jackson, who recently settled down in Manama has donated a huge amount of money, the figure was not disclosed, for building a state-of-the-art mosque near his luxury palace in the Bahraini capital, according to his spokesman. The proposed mosque would be designated for learning the principles and teachings of Islam, as well as teaching of English language, for which high-standard teachers would be brought from United States under his personal supervision, the spokesman said. Jackson did so as a token of appreciation to the Bahraini people, who welcomed him and treated him as if he was one of the citizens of their country. Michael Jackson has moved to reside in Manama after the long-judicial battle, which ended up with being acquitted of the charges of child molestation. The court hearings were followed up by news agencies for many months, and the number of reporters who attended and covered them was estimated at more than 2000 from all countries in the world. It is noteworthy that Germain Jackson, the brother of Michael had embraced Islam at the beginning of 1990s, and he was one of former Jackson Five band and the solo singer Germain had felt his brother Michael has great interest and study of Islamic books, the tolerance of Islam and his dealing with Arab and Muslim personalities since long years. The most prominent among those figures is Prince Al Waleed bin Talal and the Bahraini royal family.

Leslie urged to give up modelling career Islamic leaders say it would be offensive to other Muslims if convicted drug user Michelle Leslie resumed underwear modelling when she returns to Australia. During her trial, lawyers for Ms Leslie explained she was wearing a burqa covering her face and body because she was a Muslim. The Australian model, originally from Adelaide, walked free from a Bali prison on Saturday after her three-month sentence for the possession of ecstasy tablets expired. She is expected to return to Australia later this week. But Australian Federation of Islamic Councils' president Dr Ameer Ali says Ms Leslie should not return to her career as an underwear model. "She must now come out and confess clearly to the public that she is still a Muslim or if she's still a Muslim she should give up this modelling business," he said. "There is a sense of modesty in the way we dress as a Muslim, the way we speak as a Muslim, the way we behave as a Muslim - that's in every religion." Meanwhile federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says Ms Leslie should not profit from her case, saying it would be unacceptable if the 24-year-old sold her story. "I'm against chequebook journalism and if you've got a story to tell, you tell it and you tell all the media what your story is and if you don't want to tell your story and you want to keep your privacy, you put your hand up against the paparazzi and tell them to go away," he said.

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I been here long enough and still cannot figure out how things work around here in SOL. Some mysterious hand moved my post to this section. I guess I understimated Jumamatu's powerfull influence around here. Mr. Baashi, here is the source of the article. http://www.shabait.com/staging/publish/article_004174.html

Why the War on Terrorism in the Horn of Africa Cannot Succeed By Berhe Habte-Giorgis Nov 18, 2005, 08:28 An article by Dr. Michael A. Weinstein in Power and Interest News Report (PINR), cross posted in Dehai, raises revealing ideas on the war on terrorism in the Horn of Africa. To summarize the article: the U.S. has singled out "Islamic extremism" as its enemy and the strategy of choice has shifted from "unilateral action" or going it alone, to "multi-lateral approach" or involving other countries. The Horn of Africa is identified as a possible refuge for Al Qaeda, after its defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Djibouti-based Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (C.J.T.F.) is the command to conduct military operations jointly with the countries in the region, deliver "military-administered humanitarian aid", and conduct "public diplomacy". Ethiopia is considered a major ally in this endeavor. The author states that the new approach has allowed Ethiopia to pursue its own predatory policies in the region with impunity. Therein lies the explanation for Washington's refusal to push Ethiopia to allow demarcation of the border, and to let Ethiopia have a free hand to intervene in Somalia's internal affairs. The author relates the build-up of troops on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia as a direct consequence of the faulty policy, and goes on to stress emphatically that the policy has failed to stop the spread of "Islamic extremism" and Al Qaeda in Somalia. In the end, Washington has "alienated Asmara and other Somali factions, and supported a regime in Addis Ababa that has become increasingly authoritarian as it contends with noncompliant opposition..." The rest is history. One cannot brush aside such repeated mistakes in foreign policy and military strategy. It reflects flawed ways of thinking and paradigms, on top of lack of understanding of the history and situation in the area. Here are some of the flaws: 1. "Islamic extremism" can be fought militarily from outside. There are two types of terrorism: state sponsored and committed in other countries (external); "home grown" (internal). War against external terrorism, both against the sponsor countries and the terrorists can be effectively fought by governments from outside. However, internal terrorism, especially religious extremism, which relies on sentiments that reside in the minds and beliefs of people can be tackled internally by political, religious, and social action, by people and governments in those countries. A regional or global consortium of religious leaders and governments may be useful to develop a common approach and appeal to fight extremism in respective countries. Sheer military action from outside is bound to fail. If at all, it may produce the opposite result. As for Ethiopia, the country will be lucky if it succeeds in curbing the infiltration of "Islamic extremism" in its own country. 2. Use a neighboring country that is viewed as the eternal enemy of the Somali people in the fight against terrorism. Ethiopians and Somalis have age-old enmity. Putting the war on terrorism in the same bundle changes the perception of the people. The war is viewed as an extension of the fighting Somalia and Ethiopia waged over the ******, and the essence of Greater Somalia. U.S. involvement in this situation creates the impression that the U.S. is assisting Ethiopia in destroying Somalia, the same way the U.S.S.R. and the Soviet block countries fought Somalia on the Ethiopian side in 1977. The issue unites "Islamic extremists" and nationalistic Somalis against the U.S. and Ethiopia. Embracing the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, was a kiss of death for U.S. anti-terrorism strategy in the region. 3. The assumption that size of a country translates into effective military power. Such wrong assumptions produce wrong results. Sheer size can be a problem rather than strength. Ethiopia is such a case. Even the massive arms shipments and direct involvement by the former U.S.S.R and its allies could not prop up the country in the 1980s. 4. The expectation that Ethiopia can serve a useful purpose as an ally in the war on terrorism in Somalia. As a country in the hinterland, Ethiopia cannot have a role in preventing infiltration of terrorists into Somalia from outside or to curb their activities inside the country. Preventing incursions by Al Qaeda from outside requires control of the coastline. Ethiopia does not have this capability. The attack on a cruise ship recently demonstrates that terrorists have freedom of movement on the sea and should be a warning of a possible catastrophic attack on civilian targets in the future. All Ethiopia can do is mount occasional raids into Somalia from across the border, thereby stiffening the resistance by the Somali people and increasing support for extremists. Going too deep inside Somalia will entail the raiders being cut off and destroyed. Complete occupation of Somalia is unthinkable, even militarily. Such attempt will be the death-knell for Ethiopia as a country. The Somalis are exceptionally good fighters, and Somalia is a member of the Arab League. A prudent policy by the U.S. would find ways of bringing the Somali people to its side. It has to use its allies in the region, such as Yemen, Kenya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, and Eritrea for advice and assistance. First order of priority should be to create a viable government. Then assist the new government to take care of the extremists. The Ethiopian regime's policy runs contrary to the interest of the U.S. Ethiopia's strategy is to prevent the creation of an independent and strong government. Instead, it wants to create a puppet government in Somalia and keep the country unstable, with the hope of weakening the guerilla war in the ******, which has been going on for almost half a century. To use the regime in Ethiopia as an ally is alienating Washington from the Ethiopian people, who were, until now, some of the most die-hard supporters of the U.S. Historically, there will be a price to be paid for this mistake. As Dr. Weinstein mentions in his article, and as events during the last ten days testify, the regime in Ethiopia is very unpopular in its own country. As far as the fight on terrorism in Somalia goes, to trust such a regime is tantamount to putting all eggs in one basket, and give them to a blind man, to carry them across a river. The question that many people in the region ask is "why do military and political leaders of the most advanced country in the world make such obvious mistakes?" I only tell them the story of the dinosaur - the head is not always proportional to the size of the body. The message for the "blame Eritrea first" Eritreans is, don't engage in self-flagellation. Failure by the U.N. and signatories of the Algiers Agreement to enforce the border demarcation is not due to what the Eritrean Government did or failed to do. Rather, it is due to a policy that favored Ethiopia in the war against terrorism in Somalia. Eritrea is the sacrificial lamb on the altar of international injustice. This is 1940s redux. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Maxamed Qanyare†Marna Lagama Yaabo inaan u tanaasulo kuwa dalka ku soo hogaaminayo ciidamada Itoobiya, meel kasto oo wadahadalka ka dhacaya..†Wasiirka Ammniga Qaranka ee Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya Maxamed Qanyare ayaa si cad u sheegay inuusan u tanaasuli doonin kuwa dalka Soomaaliya ku soo hogaamin doonaan cadawga Shacabka Soomaaliyed,isagoo markaasi ula jeeday Dowladda Itoobiya. Mr Qanyare oo inta badan hadalo kulul is dhaafsadaan isaga iyo Wasiirada jooga Jowhar iyo weliba Madaxweynaha iyo Ra’iisal Wasaaraha dadka Soomaaliyedna ku tilmaaman Qanyare inuu yahay Wasiirka uga af adag xubnaha jooga xamar ayaa sheegay in dhawaan xubnaha jooga Jowhar heshiis kula galeen dowladda Itoobiya in ciidamada Adis ababa xilligii la doono soo geli karaan gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. “Lagama yaano inaan u tanaasulo shaqsiyaad dalka ku soo hagaaminaya Itoobiya, waxaan sheegaya kuwa Jowhar jooga ee sheegta inay yihiin Dowladâ€ayuu yiri Qanyare. Waxaa uu sheegay in meel kasta oo wadahadala ka dhacaya uu la tagi doono Baabuurtiisa dagaalka iyo maleeshiyadiisa, isagoo sabab uga dhigay inaysan jirin cid ay ku kalsoon yihiin oo ku sugan Soomaaliya gaar ahaan Jowhar iyo Gobolo kale†meesha wadahadala ka dhacaya waa inay ahaadan goob ka ka reeban hubka, haddii kale hubkeenu waan la tagaynaaâ€ayuu yiri Qanyare

Every society has A Few Bad Apples including Somalis and Muslims. Now a question for you, are you suggesting Somalis don't discriminate other Somalis solely because of their membership in an ethnic "minority".

Power is in strategy. But if those Somalis we entrusted to design the most successful of strateg ies are Ethiopian spies, then I'm not only afraid for our future, but I'm terrified. Very true indeed. No body can deny that our self-appointed leaders are now Ethiopias stooges thats Jowhar group or were Ethiopias stooges thats Mogadishu group. Or maybe Our self-appointed leaders are playing hard ball with Ethiopia for now and will turn agains it as soon as Somalia once again stands on its feet. As you said, Power is in stragety.

Coming to the west and expect an equal treatment is just a myth. And also remember this applies to Islamic countries too who will not allow a Christian Church being built in their countries including Somalia.

This wesite Midnimo is progovernment website but could not hide what could well be another heartbreaking history making breakup of Somalia designed by Western power for the benefit of Ethiopia and supported by the Warlord, Ethiopias best friend, Yusuf. Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf ayaa Dowladda Itoobiya iyo Midowga Afrika ku wargeliyay inuusan waxba ka qabin in Somaliland loo aqoonsado Dowlad ka madax bannaan Soomaaliya. Dowladda Itoobiya oo Dadaal ugu jirto sidii ay u isticmaali laheyd dekedaa Berbera Ilo Muhiim ah oo lagu Kalsoon yahay ayaa waxay sheegayan in Dowladda Itoobiya ogolaasho buuxda uga heshay Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya C/llaahi Yuusuf iyo Ra’iisal Wasaare Geeddi qorsho ka dhan ah ku saabsan Dekeda Berbera. Itoobiya waxay dadaal ugu jirtaa sidii Somaliland loo aqoonsan lahaa,iyadoo ujeedada ugu weyn ay tahay Dekedda Berbero oo Itoobiya Maamuli doonto sida ay sheegayan warar lagu kalsoon yahay. Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf ayaa Dowladda Itoobiya iyo Midowga Afrika ku wargeliyay inuusan waxba ka qabin in Somaliland loo aqoonsado Dowlad ka madax bannaan Soomaaliya. Xildhibaan Cabdalle Xaaji Cali oo ka mid ah Baarlamanka Federaalka Soomaaliya kuna sugan magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in go'itaanka Jamhuuiryadda Somaliland ay ka go'do Soomaaliya inteeda kale ay ku xiran tahay in Soomaaliya ay isku tagto kana hadasho arintaasi iyo afti laga qaado dadweynaha ku dhaqan gobolada W/galbeed Soomaaliya balse uu yiri in aysan ku go'i karin hadal si shaqsi ah loo sheegay oo ula jeedada Ra'iisal wasaare Geeddi uu ka leeyahay ay tahay in uu ku dhaqaaqo soo dhaweyn iyo dano gaar ah uu ka leeyahay shacbiga ku dhaqan gobolada Somaliland. Waxaa kale oo uu sheegay in Qaraarkii ka soo baxay Qaramada Midoobay sanadii 1991 kii ay ku qeexnayd in midnimada iyo xuduudaha dhuleed ee Soomaaliya ay tahay arin lama taabtaan ah, isagoo sidoo kale tilmaamay in Ra'iisal wasaare Geeddi hadii uu doonayo in Gobolada W/galbeed ay ka go'aan Soomaaliya inteeda kale uusan isaga dhawaaqi laheyn, balse uu caalamka ka dhaadhicin lahaa in Somaliland ay mudan tahay in la aqoonsado. Qaar ka mid ah Shaqaalaha iyo saraakiisha Xafiiska Midowga Afrika ayaa laga soo xigtay in qoraal ka soo baxay Xafiiska Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya lagu sheegay inuusan waxba ka qabin in Somaliland loo aqoonsado Dowlad gooni ah,iyadoo qoraalkaas Xafiiska Midowga Afrika ee Adis ababa uu keenay Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Soomaaliya Danjire C/llaahi Sheekh Ismaaciil. Dowladda Itoobiya ayaa ka ballan qaaday Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf iyo Ra’iisal wasaare Geeddi in dalka Soomaaliya gacanta looga dhigi doono, gaar ahaan waxaa lagu yiri dalka intiisa kale iyagu Maamuli doonaan.

lol Simple Muslim!. let me finish it then... #2 Stop being a puppet for Ethiopia.

Its very unfortunate that some Somalis will do anything to sit on power even if it results the breakup of Somalia into ministates. Its not coincident landlocked Ethiopia is using the secessionist ports, has signed diplomatic and economic relationship. Of course poor Ethiopia could not have done this without the help of foreign powers. The same foreign powers that are keeping Ethiopia "their stooge in the horn" together. Its quite clear now, we recieve our orders from Addis Ababa not from Jowhar.

#1 to stop being a puppet for Ethiopia.

I wonder what the Cheerleaders here think of Geedi's interview of the BBC, when he gave the green light for the international community to recognize Somaliland.

Lets end Ruwaayada and talk about the reality on the ground. Or simply just join the winners and be forgiven in the same way as president Cabdullaahi Yuusuf Axmed has been forgiven when he asked for forgiveness for ordering the first shot that triggered the endless Somali civil war. We heard the best case scenario for your Uncle Yusuf, now tell us the worst case scenario.

This guy is nuts The name Wacko describes him/her best.

Dutch MP to make gay Islam film Ayaan Hirsi Ali is also planning a book written for Muslims A Somali-born Dutch MP who collaborated on the film that led to the murder of director Theo van Gogh has written a sequel, about Islam's attitude to gays. Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats after her work on Submission, a film about Islam's treatment of women. Van Gogh was shot and stabbed by a Muslim radical, Mohammed Bouyeri, as he cycled through Amsterdam in 2004. The film will use anonymous actors and carry no credits in an effort to protect those involved in the project. Ms Ali told Dutch media that she had co-written the script with Van Gogh in the summer of 2004, months before he was killed last November. "I examine the position of homosexuals in Islam in the film Submission II," she told the De Volkskrant newspaper. "In the movie, they are called Allah's creatures," she added. The MP is an outspoken critic of Islamic values and describes herself as a "lapsed" Muslim. Uproar Mainstream Islamic thought treats Islam and homosexuality as incompatible, and hostility to homosexuals is widespread in many parts of the Muslim world. Theo van Gogh's killer pinned a note with Koranic verses on his body In 2002, openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn accused Islam of being homophobic. He was murdered by an animal rights activist during an election campaign. Ms Ali's original short film caused an uproar when aired on Dutch TV. The plot centred around a Muslim woman forced into a marriage against her wishes, who was then beaten, raped and punished for falling in love with someone else. Ms Ali was forced into hiding when she received death threats after Van Gogh's killing.

A Moroccan woman living legally in France for eight years has been refused a long-term residence card because she covers her hair with an Islamic head scarf, says her lawyer. A regional government official wrote in a rejection letter this month that the head scarf worn by Chetouani El Khamsa was a sign of Islamic fundamentalism, her lawyer Pascale Torgemen said on Thursday. Torgemen said El Khamsa planned to appeal and to file suit for what she contends is a discriminatory, racist and sexist decision. "Does this mean that a man with a beard is systematically Islamist, a fundamentalist?" the lawyer said. El Khamsa has lived legally in France - where her four children were born - since 1997, employed by her husband's business. To replace her current residence card that must be renewed annually, she wanted a residency permit that is valid for 10 years, like the one accorded her husband. But in a 2 November letter refusing her the 10-year card, Francois Praver, sub-prefect in the town of Raincy outside Paris, noted that during her interview, El Khamsa wore a head scarf "entirely covering your neck and the roots of your hair, comparable to a hijab, sign of belonging to a fundamentalist Islam". The lawyer gave a copy of the letter to The Associated Press. Hijab ban France, looking to uphold its secular foundations and discourage Islamic fundamentalism, last year banned Muslim head scarves and other conspicuous religious symbols from public schools. But the ban does not apply outside of classrooms. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has said women cannot wear head coverings in official identity photos. But Torgemen said that her client does not wear her head scarf for official photos - her head is uncovered in her Moroccan passport. Torgemen said she had not previously heard of a case of women being refused the 10-year residency card because their heads are covered. El Khamsa and her family are "people without a history, without problems", the lawyer said. "For me, this is discrimination. They compare the fact that one wears a scarf to fundamentalist Islam," she said. Agencies

These POWs refused to be taken to the front lines between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Twenty die in Ethiopian jailbreak Twenty people are reported to have been killed when prisoners broke out of a military prison in the eastern Ethiopian town of Kebri Dehar. At least 34 prisoners are said to have escaped after subduing prison guards and seizing their rifles. The BBC's Mohammed Adow in Ethiopia said the town became a battleground as soldiers pursued the fleeing prisoners. They are from ONLF rebel group which is fighting against the government in the ethnic Somali region of Ethiopia. The ****** National Liberation Front members had been held for five months at a jail in a military camp. Eyewitnesses says soldiers carried out house-to-house searches in a village in their hunt for the prisoners, killing three of them hiding out in one of the houses.

What is required in these circumstances is also action. Indeed. We should all be united and defend our sheikh inshallah.

Br Alle-ubaahne, you are very ceative and genius. This is great topic.

I still can't believe that they killed a man, solely because his father alligned himself with the TFG in Jowhar. Thats your conclusion. You are the judge, the jury and the executionary. Qanyare and Yalaxow balaayaa sugaysa. Its quite the opposite sxb.