A young man who came to Minnesota as a “refugee” from Somalia has been linked to Syed Farook, the shooter who, along with his jihadist wife, killed 14 Americans in San Bernardino less than a week ago. Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler provided a key piece of information about the case, linking the San Bernardino shooters to Mohamed Hassan, a known terrorist recruiter who has been on the FBI radar screen for at least seven years. What Fox did not report, however, is how Hassan ended up in the United States. His family came into the U.S. as refugees from Somalia. The Somali refugee program has been going on for decades and has produced some of America’s most feared terrorists, even as the Syrian refugee program grabs most of the headlines. http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/somali-refugee-linked-to-san-bernardino-terror-attack/

^ Link ?

Amani says she had no choice. “I knew she wasn’t in love, but I also knew that he would take care of her. I would have sold myself, but Amara was the only virgin in our family. We had to sell her, in order to allow the rest of us survive. What else could I do?” This is very cynical ! They were not exactly starving, they receive aid from the UN and other charities. Very poor excuse to sell your child to be used as sexual plaything.

Girl buyers in the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan have upgraded their demands, going tent by tent and looking just for virgins, a Syrian woman suffering in the Zaatari camp says. Syrian girls are falling victim to men, mostly from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, who are taking their own advantage from the homeless impoverished Syrian families amid the bloody war that the oil-rich kingdom happens to be one of its biggest supporters. Though it is common for Syrian children to be married before 18, displacement has made marriage take on a new urgency. With horrible cases of rape and kidnapping witnessed in the Syrian refugee camps, families often find it the best option for their girls is to be wed as soon as possible. However most of these marriages last for just a couple of months, before the men throw the poor girls out without anything to survive. Amani, who is a 22-year-old Syrian woman, is mother of five children who have lost their father in the war in Syria. Her story, published by the Inter Press Service published, was shocking as it showed a new level of the crime taking more victims every day in the overpopulated camp. According to the report she sold her sister to a Saudi man for just 300 dollars to help her family. “I work seven days a week, at least 10 hours a day, for an NGO that takes care of the smallest children here in the camp. After working an entire week, I get three dollars. With an ill mother, an elderly father and a baby to take care of, this life is untenable,” Amani says. “My older sister and her husband still have all their children, thank god, but this means five extra mouths to feed.” Nourishing a family of ten with only three dollars a week quickly became impossible. Amani brought her younger sister, Amara, to work at the same NGO. But doubling the income was still not enough to take care of all of them. There was only one way to get money quickly, a route that many families took before Amani did – and that was to as good as sell one of the girls. Amani sent off her younger sister Amara, 14, to some sort of marriage. “I have seen Jordanians, Egyptians and Saudis passing by the tents in search of a virgin to take along. They pay 300 dollars, and they get the girl of their dreams.” Amani says she had no choice. “I knew she wasn’t in love, but I also knew that he would take care of her. I would have sold myself, but Amara was the only virgin in our family. We had to sell her, in order to allow the rest of us survive. What else could I do?” Amara was married to a Saudi man that passed by their tent and asked her father for her hand. That was after he had met Amani, who had told him of the family’s financial desperation and that her younger sister was still not married off. With this marriage Amani secured critical money for her family – at least for the time being. Zaatari refugee camp is located 10 km east of Mafraq in Jordan. It was first opened on July 28, 2012 to host Syrians fleeing the foreign-backed war in their country. On July 4, 2013, the camp population was estimated at 144,000 refugees, making it Jordan's fourth largest city. http://en.alalam.ir/news/1537789

This is clearly meant to send a sign to the chinless despot who was feeling himself too much of late thanks to the Russian air campaign. Come to the negotiating table and make concessions or we will abandon you to the Sunni wolves. Holac, your far too excitable...a typical Somali trait. Putin is not withdrawing all his troops, the infrastructure is there and they can come back at a moment's notice. This is political posturing, he wants to be seen a statesmanly and responsible actor. The was choreographed in advance.

@Tallaabo said: ^ I am sure you are just as baffled by how a whole society threw out its millenia old culure and history to claim a half-breed status and mental servitude to a foreign culture. There is only one remedy, and that is to jettison the religion that is the primary conduit for this cultural genocide.

@Tallaabo said: This nice article explains my views really well. http://quransmessage.com/articles/grave%20punishment%20FM3.htm According to the Quran, there is no such concept as a ‘punishment in the grave’. This is a concept completely alien and unsupported by the Quran. This concept is found primarily (with all its details) in Islamic secondary sources. So your a Qura'anist ? If you reject the Axaadiith of the prophet, then your a kaafir.

It's in the grave where the dead know their position either in Janna or Jahannama. A window is opened to them, wherein they will either receive the fragrant smells and the cool air of Janna or the foul and heat of Jahannama according to their life deeds. The righteous person will also be shown a preview of the houris designated for him and his abode and he will beg Allah to hasten the Hour so that he can meet up with his wives in Janna The Kaafir will beg Allah to delay the Hour because of the terrors he knows await him in Hell.

That the Messenger of Allah said: "There are six things with Allah for the martyr. He is forgiven with the first flow of blood (he suffers), he is shown his place in Paradise, he is protected from punishment in the grave , secured from the greatest terror, the crown of dignity is placed upon his head—and its gems are better than the world and what is in it—he is married to seventy two wives among Al-Huril-'Ayn of Paradise, and he may intercede for seventy of his close relatives.

After death, a person's soul passes through a stage called Barzakh , where it exists in the grave. The questioning will begin when the funeral is over and the last person of the funeral congregation has stepped 40 steps away from the grave. Nakir and Munkar prop the deceased soul upright in the grave and ask three questions: Who is your Lord? Who is your Prophet? What is your religion?. A righteous believer will respond correctly, saying that their Lord is Allah, that Muhammad is their prophet and that their religion is Islam. If the deceased answers correctly, the time spent awaiting the resurrection is pleasant. Those who do not answer as described above are chastised until the day of judgment. These angels are described as having solid black eyes, having a shoulder span measured in miles, and carrying hammers "so large, that if all of mankind tried at once to move them a single inch, they would fail". When they speak, tongues of fire come from their mouths. If one answers their questions incorrectly, one is beaten every day, other than Friday, until Allah gives permission for the beating to stop.

According to the Aqaid (beliefs) of the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah`, Adhaabul Qabr (punishment in the grave) is Haqq (true and established). (Sharhul Aqaid) </blockquote> <blockquote>It (punishment of the grave) is proven from the Qur'an and Ahadith. Allah Ta'ala discusses the punishment given to Fir'awn. He says, 'The fire is given to them in the morning and evening and on the Day of Judgment.' The fire before the Day of Judgment refers to the punishment in the grave. </blockquote> <blockquote>Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, 'When a person is buried and the people go away, two angels approach the deceased and ask three questions, a) Who is your lord? b) What is your religion? and c) Who is this person (meaning Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam)? A believer will answer all three questions and he will be honored with the clothing of Jannah. The window of Jannah will be opened for him and he will enjoy the sight of Jannah. On the contrary, a disbeliever will not be able to answer, and will express regret at not being able to answer the questions. Upon that, an angel who is blind and deaf is appointed to punish him. Blind so that the angel does not see the punishment and feel mercy and deaf so that the punishment is not heard. The hammer used to punish a disbeliever is so heavy that it can reduce a mountain to dust. The disbeliever screams with pain and every creation can hear him besides human and Jinns.' (Mishkat) Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, 'The grave is a garden of paradise or a pit of hell.' (Ibid) Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, 'It has been revealed to me that the trial in the grave is similar to the trial of Dajjaal.' (Tirmidhi) Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, 'If you are made to listen to the punishment in the grave, you will stop burying your deceased.' (Tirmidhi) Rasulullah Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam advised, 'Seek protection from the punishment of the grave.' (Ibid) Messenger of Allaah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “I have never seen any scene but the grave is more frightening than it.” [At-Tirmidhi] Various early Muslim sects such as the Khawarij and some portions of the Mu'tazili denied the Punishment of the Grave.

^ Your troll game is impeccable, Tallaabo. Salute ! the moment they were mentally colonized by the Arabs and then claimed to be their half-breed.

@Tallaabo said: ^ No I am not trolling. The imaginary life in the grave is one those inventions which corrupted Islam. Imaginary ?? Your contradicting one of the basic tenets of the faith. Might as well call yourself a Kaafir. What's next ? Jahannama and Janna not being real.

Ajuuraan-Portuguese Wars The European Age of discovery brought Europe's then superpower the Portuguese empire to the coast of East Africa, which at the time enjoyed a flourishing trade with foreign nations. The wealthy southeastern city-states of Kilwa, Mombasa, Malindi, Pate and Lamu were all systematically sacked and plundered by the Portuguese. Tristão da Cunha then set his eyes on Ajuuraan territory, where the battle of Barawa was fought. After a long period of engagement, the Portuguese soldiers burned the city and looted it. However, fierce resistance by the local population and soldiers resulted in the Portuguese's failure to permanently occupy the city, and the inhabitants who had fled to the interior would eventually return and rebuild the city. After Barawa, Tristão would set sail for Mogadishu, which was the richest city on the East African coast. But word had spread of what had happened in Barawa, and a large troop mobilization had taken place. Many horsemen, soldiers and battleships in defense positions were now guarding the city. Nevertheless, Tristão still opted to storm and attempt to conquer the city, although every officer and soldier in his army opposed this, fearing certain defeat if they were to engage their opponents in battle. Tristão heeded their advice and sailed for Socotra instead. In 1660, the Portuguese in Mombasa surrendered to a joint Somali-Omani force.[31 Over the next several decades Somali-Portuguese tensions would remain high and the increased contact between Somali sailors and Ottoman corsairs worried the Portuguese who sent a punitive expedition against Mogadishu under Joao de Sepulveda, which was unsuccessful.[32] Ottoman-Somali cooperation against the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean reached a high point in the 1580s when Ajuuraan clients of the Somali coastal cities began to symphatize with the Arabs and Swahilis under Portuguese rule and sent an envoy to the Turkish corsair Mir Ali Bey for a joint expedition against the Portuguese. He agreed and was joined by a Somali fleet, which began attacking Portuguese colonies in Southeast Africa.[33] The Somali-Ottoman offensive managed to drive out the Portuguese from several important cities such as Pate, Mombasa and Kilwa. However, the Portuguese governor sent envoys to India requesting a large Portuguese fleet. This request was answered and it reversed the previous offensive of the Muslims into one of defense. The Portuguese armada managed to re-take most of the lost cities and began punishing their leaders, but they refrained from attacking Mogadishu.[34] Throughout the 16th and 17th century successive Somali Sultans defied the Portuguese economic monopoly in the Indian Ocean by employing a new coinage which followed the Ottoman pattern, thus proclaiming an attitude of economic independence in regard to the Portuguese.

The Ajuuraan state or Ajuuraan sultanate[1] (Somali: Saldanadda Ajuuraan, Arabic: اٍمارة أجوران‎) was a Somali Muslim empire[2][3][4] that ruled over large parts of the Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages. Through a strong centralized administration and an aggressive military stance towards invaders, the Ajuuraan Empire successfully resisted an Oromo invasion from the west and a Portuguese incursion from the east during the Gaal Madow and the Ajuuraan-Portuguese wars. Trading routes dating from the ancient and early medieval periods of Somali maritime enterprise were strengthened or re-established, and foreign trade and commerce in the coastal provinces flourished with ships sailing to and coming from a many kingdoms and empires in East Asia, South Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa and East Africa. The empire left an extensive architectural legacy, being the major medieval Somali power engaged in castle and fortress building, with many of the hundreds of ruined fortifications dotting the landscapes of Somalia today attributed to Ajuuraan engineers.[5] and includes many of the pillar tomb fields, necropolises and ruined cities built in that era. During the Ajuuraan period many regions and peoples in East Africa converted to Islam because of the theocratic nature of the government. The royal family, the House of Gareen, expanded its territories and established its hegemonic rule through a skillful combination of warfare, trade linkages and alliances.[6] As an hydraulic empire, the Ajuuraan Empire monopolized the water resources of the Shabelle and Jubba rivers. Through hydraulic engineering, it also constructed many of the limestone wells and cisterns of the state that are still operative and in use today. The rulers developed new systems for agriculture and taxation, which continued to be used in parts of the Horn of Africa as late as the 19th century.

^ Xeer Ajhi was the constitution of the Dir community in those days.

Never heard of Geledi. Fill us in, Che

Somalis are kleptomaniacs, its congenital, they can't help it. LOL @ Fuuqsad Fund. I would trust a Nigerian before i trust a maali, and that is saying something.

The flag of the Ajuuraan.

Generally, in Somalia the Population Is divided in to two great categories: 1. Ajuuraan 2. Ajhi Interesting. Does that mean the Ajhi are incapable of self rule due to their lack of co-operation.

Key facts Established 14th century - Disestablished 17th-century Location: Somalia/Horn of Africa 1. Medieval hydraulic empire (only African hydraulic empire during middle ages) 2. One of the first non-European states to successfully engage Portugal in naval warfare. Several battles were waged between the Portuguese and the Ajuuraan who defended their cities from Portuguese occupation. 3. First empire in Africa and one of the first non-European states which succeeded in mobilizing an operation to intervene to assist foreign states and drive the Portuguese out of established colonies. At the request of rulers from Southeast Africa, a joint Ajuuraan-Ottoman naval force freed occupied cities. The Portuguese eventually recaptured these colonies. 4. The empire was also engaged in exploration and had a diplomatic presence as far as China where it established the first recorded African community in China during reign of Emperor Yongle (1360 –1424). Ajuuraan explorers for example went to the Maldives where they occupied the island and found gold before the arrival of the Portuguese. Merchants from Mogadishu established a colony in Mozambique to extract gold from the mines in Sofala etc. 5. Merchants sailed to Cairo, Damascus, Mocha, Mombasa, Aden, Madagascar, Hyderabad and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, establishing communities along the way. 6. The Ajuuraans had their own currency which was in wide circulation. 15th century Ajuuraan coins were found recently in the UAE.

I have always hated high rise buildings and skyscrapers. They've always felt like an un-natural mode of living to me. The reason Dubai, Hong Kong and New York never appealed to me. Instead of cramming all these people on top of each other, why not spread them around different cities. The only way to get around a city with lots of High-rises is by underground trains - another un-natural mode of transport - because of the sheer number of people. . http://bloomingrock.com/2014/09/25/7-reasons-why-high-rises-kill-livability/

Don’t you use the dictionary? (The link is in the first post). All these words and much more are there. I will do so, i keep forgetting it. Thanks Macalin Haatu

^ Che, i am always willing to help fellow nomads. Have you thought of at least going on a holiday back home ?