http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/09/africa/boko-haram-violence/ These xayawaans in Northern Nigeria have killed up to 2000 civilians in a series of raids in recent days! This isn't getting as much attention as it should, but wallahi I've never seen a group quite like Boko Haram. Boko Haram makes groups like Al Shabab and the Taliban look miskeen. They're THAT crazy.

<cite> @Safferz said:</cite> You're more offended by Naxar's post than Somalee's post justifying the killings? I find it a little strange that you condemn Somalee's post but yet you ignore what Naxar Nugaleed said! Talk about double standards here. What happened in Paris was obviously a crime, and should be roundly condemned. But that doesn't mean we should allow opportunistic Non-Muslims like Bill Maher and Naxar Nugaleed to use this incident to bash us. You really need to be more balanced.

<cite> @SomaliaPatriot said:</cite> The clan of Guriceel and Xamar are more powerful in war than the clan of Hargeisa and Garowe and Gedo combined. If true war takes place between clan of guriceel/Xamar vs clan of hargeisa, the whole city of hargeisa would be burned down, people fleeing to Jabuuti. LOL, you do a lot of tough talk on the internet saaxib Bring it down a notch. Tame the mooryan inside of you and take a deep breath

God bless the Turks for what they've done.

The old man needs to exit politics for good, he's done enough already.

<cite> @Xaaji Xunjuf said:</cite> 4 out of the six flags have troops in Somalia , smh this is nothing to be proud about. The Former Somali republic went from hosting the African nation states in Mogadishu 1974 40 years ago. 40 Years later IGAD nations are having troops placed in all corners of Somalia. And yet we have these low-standard Somalis actually celebrating this corrupt President and his good-for-nothing government. This is a shame. We have nothing to be proud about right now when we have 20,000 Christian Madow mercenaries stationed on our territory

<cite> @Naxar Nugaaleed said:</cite> ^^ A hijabed pregnant woman lost her kid because idiots beat her up in response to the shootings. Did she get what she deserved? By the way, if your God is incapable of defunding his religion and needs you to go around shooting people to do so, you should rethink something's. With all due respect, your input here isn't very necessary....and your attempts to use this incident as a hammer to bash Muslims is especially offensive

<cite> @Xaaji Xunjuf said:</cite> Why should Somaliland fight their war or assist the Pirates makes no sense even strategically it makes no sense, no Somaliland will watch from the sidelines how the Pirates and Alshabaab battle each other. The Same way Turkey watches how ISIS and the Kurdish fighters battle each other in Kobani Northern Syria. Why waste ammunition and man power by the way Shabaab are also Somalis misguided Somalis but Somalis the same way pirates are Somalis pirate Somalis but Somalis. You don't look at the bigger picture here. It's in everyone in the Horn of Africa's interests to see Al Shabab wiped out from the region completely. These Khawaarij people are like a parasite and once they're done infecting one host, they move onto the next prey. Same way how these Khawaarij are now infecting Pakistan once they started to get tired of Afghanistan. It would be relatively easy for Somaliland to send a few brigades to assist the Puntland Army to wipe out Al Shabab from the North. The distances are fairly close, and it would be a case of Somalis working together instead of asking some Ajnaabis to assist us in our troubles. Anyone who looks at issues long-term, sees the great need to do away with this group once and for all.

<cite> @Xaaji Xunjuf said:</cite> The pirates keep claiming they control galgala or defeated the galgala cell but every now and than intense fighting breaks out this just shows that the pirates are weak. Why not give the pirates some assistance in defeating Al Shabab? The SNM boys aren't too far away from the Galgala mountains...and I'm sure you guys have the necessary manpower to assist right? Somalis helping Somalis, right? You're against the existence of this Al-Shabab group, right?

Axmed, you need to approach these issues in a very calm, rational manner saaxib. I'm with you some of the time, but you can't just jump the gun and assume that Somaliland is on the verge of collapse due to some turmoil occurring in Awdal Province. Somaliland is bigger than that.

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> Axmed, niyoow stop the extremism nonsense. talk like normal you are a grown man. You never went to war, so war is easy for you niyoow. Somaliland will be dealt with by Awdal people in their own terms. i can assure you this community has had enough and will not let anyone abuse them. niyoow, please stop this garbage talk about mujahid and traitors and stuff. Awdal is dealing with sophisticated enemy that is so far no using weapons and they will be defeated in the same way. You don't think the Awdal community will reach some sort of fair accommodation with the Administration in Hargeisa? Saaxib, Siilanyo is an old man, not very politically shrewd and he isn't an inspiring figure. If Somaliland just so happens to have a new President this year who can bring Awdal into the fold, then you're back to Square One. I'm quite positive that Somaliland will overcome this turmoil, and people are blowing this issue out of proportion.

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> Axmed, no niyoow. The terrorist reminent leftover were decapitated by Puntland army. their leaders were killed, all the towns in the mountains they were terrorizing were captured. they run to their somaliland safe house again in the daalo mountain area. they just follow the mountains and drift back to somaliland side whenever they are defeated because the SNM regime is funding these terrorists and doesn't want Puntland to have peace. Alhamdulilah. Al Shaytaan is running out of places to hide. We'll place all of Al-Shabab 6 feet underneath the ground, bi'ithnillahi ta'ala. There is no place for Khawaarij elements in Somalia, and the Somali people are forever averse to those who espouse this Khawaarij ideology

Signnomore, honestly you have everything going for you. You're making it seem like you're NEVER going to get married in the near future, and I just don't believe that at all. There plenty of good brothers out there abaayo, and maybe you can find one who has good character but maybe doesn't have a 6 figure income? As long as he's reliable, dependable, and caring then money will come later inshaAllah. I would totally give you my older sister's number and she knows quite a few Somali men in the Ontario area who are single and who would be good for long-term marriage prospects. Trust me, there's plenty of them and they're out there wallahi. Don't lose hope. You're intelligent, with good character, and please don't resign yourself to not getting married. I'm sure plenty of guys would jump at the chance at marrying you. And I'm being totally honest here. There are plenty of women who have gone through FAR worse circumstances than you. If you're not able to find Somali men(but I'm totally sure you can) then you can visit Kenya or Dubai or Malaysia and there are plenty of Somali men who are eligible bachelors who are currently studying or working. Even the Indian cities of Hyderabad and Pune consider large numbers of Somali bachelors who are studying and finishing up their Masters degree or working. But if you totally need some helping being linked to such men, then feel free to contact me and I'll give you my sister's contact info.

<cite> @Xaaji Xunjuf said:</cite> Qualifications he is a former colonel but who should stop him from the seat who can stop him from any position there is no government in Somalia. Nor are Somalis at peace with each other. This man would destabilize Puntland if he had the resources to do so. He's extremely tribalist, to a degree which doesn't exist in other Somali politicians. But he knows he's weak and unable to do much in Galmudug, which is why he appears to be tame right now. Give him some military power and economic clout, and Qeybdiid's true face will emerge. And being a former Colonel doesn't mean anything. We all know Somalia isn't a meritocracy. Men aren't promoted based on their talents, they're usually promoted based on their "Uncle" or friend giving them a promotion, that's it.

I've even read about how certain Somali businessmen are killed in Mogadishu because they open businesses which pose a direct competition to other businesses in the area. So these rival businessmen hire hitmen for like 100 dollars each, and they direct them to kill the rival Somali businessman. They don't want any competition. They love being a monopoly. Strangely enough, this occurs in South Africa and Nigeria as well. This is quite a common occurrence. Mogadishu needs security cameras (like London) and a harsh death-penalty to punish anyone who engages in this action, anyone who facilitates it, and anyone who orders it. That's the only solution I can think of.

This would be akin to the Puntland clan hiring a man like Hersi Morgan to be the next President of Puntland Something is deeply wrong with the country when men such as Abdi Qeybdiid are allowed to hold political office. His lack of qualifications alone should disqualify him, let alone his dirty past

We should create a thread which showcases the many achievements of Somalis. Good stories, including graduations, business openings, and high-profile marriages

Here is the article. I copied and pasted it here just in case anyone couldn't click on the link. By ERIC METAXAS Dec. 25, 2014 4:56 p.m. ET In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: Is God Dead? Many have accepted the cultural narrative that he’s obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain the universe. Yet it turns out that the rumors of God’s death were premature. More amazing is that the relatively recent case for his existence comes from a surprising place—science itself. Here’s the story: The same year Time featured the now-famous headline, the astronomer Carl Sagan announced that there were two important criteria for a planet to support life: The right kind of star, and a planet the right distance from that star. Given the roughly octillion—1 followed by 27 zeros—planets in the universe, there should have been about septillion—1 followed by 24 zeros—planets capable of supporting life. With such spectacular odds, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, a large, expensive collection of private and publicly funded projects launched in the 1960s, was sure to turn up something soon. Scientists listened with a vast radio telescopic network for signals that resembled coded intelligence and were not merely random. But as years passed, the silence from the rest of the universe was deafening. Congress defunded SETI in 1993, but the search continues with private funds. As of 2014, researches have discovered precisely bubkis—0 followed by nothing. What happened? As our knowledge of the universe increased, it became clear that there were far more factors necessary for life than Sagan supposed. His two parameters grew to 10 and then 20 and then 50, and so the number of potentially life-supporting planets decreased accordingly. The number dropped to a few thousand planets and kept on plummeting. Even SETI proponents acknowledged the problem. Peter Schenkel wrote in a 2006 piece for Skeptical Inquirer magazine: “In light of new findings and insights, it seems appropriate to put excessive euphoria to rest . . . . We should quietly admit that the early estimates . . . may no longer be tenable.” As factors continued to be discovered, the number of possible planets hit zero, and kept going. In other words, the odds turned against any planet in the universe supporting life, including this one. Probability said that even we shouldn’t be here. Today there are more than 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life—every single one of which must be perfectly met, or the whole thing falls apart. Without a massive planet like Jupiter nearby, whose gravity will draw away asteroids, a thousand times as many would hit Earth’s surface. The odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing. Yet here we are, not only existing, but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfect by accident? At what point is it fair to admit that science suggests that we cannot be the result of random forces? Doesn’t assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining Earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds to come into being? There’s more. The fine-tuning necessary for life to exist on a planet is nothing compared with the fine-tuning required for the universe to exist at all. For example, astrophysicists now know that the values of the four fundamental forces—gravity, the electromagnetic force, and the “strong” and “weak” nuclear forces—were determined less than one millionth of a second after the big bang. Alter any one value and the universe could not exist. For instance, if the ratio between the nuclear strong force and the electromagnetic force had been off by the tiniest fraction of the tiniest fraction—by even one part in 100,000,000,000,000,000—then no stars could have ever formed at all. Feel free to gulp. Multiply that single parameter by all the other necessary conditions, and the odds against the universe existing are so heart-stoppingly astronomical that the notion that it all “just happened” defies common sense. It would be like tossing a coin and having it come up heads 10 quintillion times in a row. Really? Fred Hoyle, the astronomer who coined the term “big bang,” said that his atheism was “greatly shaken” at these developments. He later wrote that “a common-sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super-intellect has monkeyed with the physics, as well as with chemistry and biology . . . . The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.” Theoretical physicist Paul Davies has said that “the appearance of design is overwhelming” and Oxford professor Dr. John Lennox has said “the more we get to know about our universe, the more the hypothesis that there is a Creator . . . gains in credibility as the best explanation of why we are here.” The greatest miracle of all time, without any close seconds, is the universe. It is the miracle of all miracles, one that ineluctably points with the combined brightness of every star to something—or Someone—beyond itself. Mr. Metaxas is the author, most recently, of “Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life” ( Dutton Adult, 2014).

<cite> @samiig said:</cite> Will they ever need these skills? i don't think so. its a waste. You're kidding me right? Are you aware that every nation in the world, from Sweden to Chile to Mongolia have riot police right? You are aware that this stuff IS necessary right?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-metaxas-science-increasingly-makes-the-case-for-god-1419544568 Read this fascinating article. I had to read it 3 times because it was that interesting. As our knowledge of the Universe grows, and our knowledge of the human body grows as well, it increasingly shows us the Wisdom and Majesty of Allah, who fine-tuned and created this Universe and Earth in such a way as to leave people amazed. Quran 41:53 "We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?"

<cite> @Mooge said:</cite> Takow? DoctorKenney, what kind of last name is that? Is it Somali? I found the last name strange as well. But she's most definitely a Somali though, you can check her Twitter page which I linked to at the top.

It's the Somalis who live in the West with an identity crisis and a University Education, who question why they're not "accepted" by the African-American community. It makes no sense at all. Accept yourself! You're a Somali, there are millions of other Somalis just like you, and promote your Somali identity and be happy with it. This is how Allah made you. The Indonesian doesn't care about the opinion of a Brazilian. The Russian doesn't worry about the opinion of an Italian. The Iranian doesn't give a damn what the Americans think of him. Stop groveling to them. Stop begging others to like you. Love yourself. I wish I could email this woman and tell her this.

Hold on, so Somali Government officials are diverting weapons-shipments to Al Shabab? And then this same President gets on camera and urges the International Community to assist Somalia in fighting Al Shabab? This is something Mooge has been alleging on this forum all along, that this corrupt President is a secret supporter of Al Shabab in Somalia.

<cite> @Holac said:</cite> The president took all his friends to Cairo. Is he there to receive military aid? It would be nice if Egypt could participate in some of the AMISOM activities in Somalia. I would much prefer the Egyptian or Pakistani or Indonesian Army to be in Somalia rather than the AMISOM troops currently stationed there. Anyone would. To have our 2 mortal enemies; Ethiopia and Kenya stationed on Somali soil is hugely problematic, and this current Somali President doesn't seem to want to change this at all. But it would be much much better if this current President could just lobby the Americans to equip the Somali Army with advanced military hardware and to increase the salary of our troops. THAT would be ideal instead.

<cite> @somalee said:</cite> She looks just like those little Indian urchins, only much uglier. I didn't bother reading past the "charity fundraiser". Good, now get off of this thread. It wasn't intended for you. And have a little more respect for this woman.