Hargeysa: Xero Awr Shacabka Djibouti or Hargeysa

if johnny was a woman, he would be called certain name and rightly so. personally loose people waa isku mid, men or woman. and did he imply the woman in his kitchen, polishing wine glasses was a sujui woman? meaning they have no morals? away sujuyadii meeshan joogay? i agree with lily, she had no business being in your home, or kitchen or doing kitchen stuff. hada kahor baan maqlay why buy the cow when milk is free!!! i wont like to liken women with cows tho. ^^lol @ Suju implying having no morals & buying the cow...100% agree though! What it is the significance of marriage or fidelity for that matter, from the angle of let's say "unconventional" individuals?

Main points or details of that crucial accord boowe? We know Somalis self-importance, but as long as they require no more than 17 or 25% of the power share/funds in Sland's absence (let's remember that Puntland is but a major segment of 4 or 5 majors groups and that superficy or land fertility etc is not of much relevance in that respect), then it may be a starter... PS: Let's not forget that those who suffered most or Baidoa group's share represent approximatevly the same as the entire D-group's one, while even the relatively numerous South/Central require no more than others's share!

May check it despite my allergy to others than pure Ahlu Tawhid (and khat-chewing Somali sufis may be on a league of their own when it comes to laxism) Glad the days of raw superstitions and blind following are passing...

Allahu Akbar indeed.

Bismilahi Rahmaani Rahiim. May the peace and the blessings of Allah be upon our beloved Prophet Muhammed Ibn Abdullah. Asalamu alaykum wrahmatulahi wbarakatu. The following is a question asked to our beloved sh. Abdulqani Bashir about the issue of Tazkiyatu nafs(purification of the soul) and its answer. How can one purify his/ her soul? To begin with, Allah swt has sworn the issue of self purification eleven times in suratu Sham. Saying: وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاه َا وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا And” successful are those who purify their hearts” and this is the only issue that Allah had sworn on it that many times,indicating to us the heavy weight of such issue. Whenever the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) recites suratu Shams, he use to make dua: Allahuma aati nafs taqwahaa, wa zakihaa anta kheyr man zaka’haa anta waliyu’haa wa mauwla’ha” so the first point we need to remember is to always make dua before anything else. Sheikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimu'Allah had once said I started to reflect on the greatest dua. After searching and searching for it, I’ve came across it in suratu Fatiha “Iyaka na’budu wa iya’ka nasta’iin”( You alone we worship, You alone we ask for help in everything) why? Because the best dua in seeking Allah’s help is in doing that which is pleasing to Allah swt Ahmed Ibn Al-Hawali one of the salaf was once visited by a friend while standing for tahajud reading suratu Al-Fatiha. He took a while reading that in salah, so the friend left him and came back hours later but he was still standing. The friend left the third time and came back when it was almost close to Fajr time and he was still standing reciting “Iyaaka nabudu Wa iyaaka nasta’iin” subhana’Allah, by Allah such dua is the secret of life, it is the reason why Allah had brought us to this world and with regards to it Allah will question us on the day yamul Qiyamah..have you perfected it? So we must strive hard to perfected it. Remember to start by making other important duas such “Allahuma ainii alaa thikrika wa shukrika wa husnii ibatadik” Oh Allah help me in remembering you, being thankful to you and perfecting my worship to you” after every salah -Always carry with you, the well know passport of every muslim which is the “Hisnul Muslim" dua book and read its contents every morning and evening. _Read the Quran daily. This is very critical. { The sh. emphasised greatly on the issue reading the Quran daily, and had related beautiful stories about the Quran} One day one of the shuyukh was at the Doctor’s office waiting in line to be seen by the physician. The line was long and everyone was waiting there impatiently. The sh. Continues and says, way at the corner my eyes caught a young man reading his pocket size Mush’af(Quran) deeply focused and undisturbed. Towards the end the sheikh went to the young man and said to him “Masha’Allah I admire the way you were reading the Quran” and the young man looks up at him and says “Where will you find one hour and half to read the Quran?” Subhana’Allah!Those days the Sahabas didn’t even have pocket size Mus’haf they use to go through hardship to get the Quran and now we even have a digitized Quran..by Allah we have no excuses such is the reality brothers and sisters. Another brother in Canada was in the bus reading his Quran, deeply focused, reflecting on its ayas pondering upon its meaning completely unaware of his surroundings tears started to come from his eyes across the aisle were was an old woman sitting there amazed by the reaction of the young brother she looks at him and says to him “wow!, you must be reading a very moving novel” subhana’allah! No it isn’t a novel it is the words of Allah swt. By Allah, the Quran is amazingly beautiful; if only we open our hearts and taste its sweetness then we would know its phenomenon otherwise we really know nothing of it. To conclude -Dua -Dhikr -Quran And bir al wali deyn ( being kind towards parents) , all compined together will equal to tazkiyatu nafs( purification of the soul). The Sh. also recommended a book titled” Purificaiton of the Soul” By Jamal Al-Din Zaraboza (http://www.onlineislamicstore.com/b7250.html) and few others about about self purification (can find it local Islamic book store) As always, Please share the kheyr.. Jazakamu'Allahu kheirun

Tx North, was posting it myself. Joining Muhammad AlShareef mailing list is must: AlMaghrib Institue (lots of reminders and practical tips)

Originally posted by Suldaanka: [...] But when one puts in perspective those shortcomings with that of TFG's and other parts of what used to Somalia, SL's shortcomings are minuscule . I am not here to diminish or belittle the scale of Somaliland's shortcomings in anyway, in fact they are major. As for the un-elected Guurti. I ,for one, is for the House of Guurti to remain as it is, until such time the elected Lower House of Parliament becomes solid and proves that it can professionally manage its affairs without breaking into voilent confrontations. This will take a long time, but until such time, Somaliland can not afford to have its Upper House and Lower House as fueding grounds. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, I'm not much into that sort of "Democracy", whose current or Islamic relevance is at best debatable, but would rather appreciate instead an enumeration of concrete results in terms of better accountability and transparency, healthcare and traffic security, water supply and farms productivity etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is an old Somali adage which goes: habar fadhida legdin wax uga fudud. In hindsight, it is good to think big but the reality on the ground dictates what the government can do. A realistic person is one that looks at the given issue from a hollistic approach - perhaps you might look inwards and think a little bit more about the huge challenges faced by the government and local government - from collecting tax to managing land disputes and anything in between. It is easy to recite jargon such as healthcare, traffic security etc etc but in practice it is whole different issue. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Should not there be something to show for all those NGOs let loose or churchs initiated "awareness" projects, concomitant with the dilution of local norms and traditions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are you suggesting? And what prove do you have for your fears? The issue is precisely that firts part in italic, the admin should be forgiven "because Somalia is still more unstable in comparison to us". Also, enforcing basic traffic security has been done elsewhere with little means; last time a relative of mine was victim of that neglect, others just had to fly in and watch him die as no airline accepted to carry him in that state (both the Dr and even oxygen bottles had to be dispatched from Djibouti; imagine the Djiboutian gvt pocketing the budget "because we have better stability in comparison to Somalia"). If Berbera tariffs are costing us in terms of productivity (even local traders may prefer Bossaso port), maybe a minimum of transparency in returns is not too much to ask for... As for the NGOs, churches and other influences, it's not that hard to notice the acculturating effects in comparison to two decades earlier; our local Islamic and Somali identity should at least be preserved at home, if not actively promoted by the admin (who, interestingly enough, decreted Shariah in 2006), just as in every other country... PS: Norfsky, thanks for your holistic analysis; many worry only about scoring imaginary points...

Great suggestions, Jzkallah Akhi.

Arabsiyo to Gabiley:

Exactely, the Derg had billions of exceptional communist military aid and constant direct technical support as well as training, not to mention the ability to draft peasants everywhere as they wish...all that to suffer spectacular defeats against rag-tag militiamen!

Sxb ha quusan, these numbers are just...numbers.Even when the British army say they've got 30 helicopters in Afghanistan, they mean only a dozen are able to fight.Imagine then obsolete USSR era equipment in the similarly hot and dusty Galbeed, but this time with much less maintenance capability. Of course, corruption is also the norm and you have to account as well for the third of resources bogged down at the Eritrean front or the other third neccesary to hold on other ethnic groups or as a reserve (even if we assume they are motivated to fight since last time, entire Oromo and others battalions with their officers were surrendering). I very much doubt there is more than a hundred old Russian models armored cars or a couple jet maximum, longside their spares and fuel requirements, maximum they could afford and risk there (150 jets is a joke, even Egypt don't have those numbers)... PS: people should be taught to never be impressed by mere numbers or theoritical "resources"...

Somaliland's judiciary which is appointed by the President and approved by the parliament Are you convincing us fellow Hargeysawi that there is a "parliament" to begin with, given the unelected Gurti terms self-extensions, the arbitrary limitation of parties or the level of state control on everything under the sun? But then again, even the executive legitimacy is not beyond controversy... Anyway, I'm not much into that sort of "Democracy", whose current or Islamic relevance is at best debatable, but would rather appreciate instead an enumeration of concrete results in terms of better accountability and transparency, healthcare and traffic security, water supply and farms productivity etc. Should not there be something to show for all those NGOs let loose or churchs initiated "awareness" projects, concomitant with the dilution of local norms and traditions?

Not neceesarily for the best, to use an euphemism

Nov 14 marks World Diabetes Day, led by the International Diabetes Federation and its member associations. It kicks-starts a 5-year programme on education and prevention. Every year there are 4 million deaths worldwide due to diabetes—almost the same as the number attributed to smoking. Today, 285 million people across the world are living with diabetes; an estimated 70% are in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Around 90% of the burden is caused by type 2 diabetes, which is a preventable chronic disease. Urbanisation, cultural and social factors, and unhealthy lifestyles are associated with the increase in disease; most of these are modifiable risk factors. The importance of education to promote a healthy lifestyle for prevention of diabetes is highlighted in The Lancet today. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Research Group present the 10-year follow-up of the original DPP cohort in the outcomes study (DPPOS). Both DPP and DPPOS emphasise that an intensive lifestyle intervention can avert the onset of type 2 diabetes: over the 10-year period, onset was delayed by up to 4 years. Education involves teaching people about preventing and managing disease and assisting health-care professionals to recognise and treat diabetes in a timely manner. But it is not only the individual and health-care provider who require access to diabetes education. Policy makers and governments also need to be educated. Although LMIC are disproportionately affected by the burden of type 2 diabetes, many health-care planners are unaware of the size of the problem. The costs incurred by diabetes morbidity are far greater than the costs of disease prevention. Prominent public health campaigns, similar to those used in smoking cessation, should be considered. As with tobacco smoking, type 2 diabetes is a preventable cause of morbidity and death. The Lancet

Access to pain treatment a luxury for most Original TextJoseph Amon a, Diederik Lohman a, Laura Thomas a Guy Micco and colleagues (Sept 12, p 872)1 are right to emphasise that, whenever possible, patients near the end of their lives must be free to choose whether their care includes optimum pain relief, or more limited use of opioids with the aim of promoting consciousness and lucidity. However, for most patients worldwide, there is no such choice. WHO estimates that each year 5·5 million patients with terminal cancer and 1 million with end-stage HIV/AIDS die without access to adequate pain treatment.2 According to Sevil Atasoy, President of the International Narcotics Control Board, access to morphine is “virtually non-existent in 150 countries”.3 When Human Rights Watch spoke to people who had lived with untreated severe pain,4 they expressed sentiments similar to those of torture survivors: all they wanted was for the pain to stop. Several people told us that they had wanted to commit suicide, had told doctors or friends that they wanted to die, or had prayed for death. We found that barriers to pain treatment access included inadequate education for health professionals, doctors' fear of prescribing opioid medications, inadequate supply and distribution systems, and unnecessarily restrictive regulation—for example, in Ukraine three doctors must sign any opioid prescription. Many of these barriers could be removed through cost-neutral or low-cost reforms.4 The desire to die with dignity, according to one's own concept of a “good” death, is universal. Governments should work to ensure access to pain treatment, not as a luxury of the wealthiest nations, but in realisation of a universal human right. We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.

Oodweyne, what framework do you suggest for dealing with our social problems? Which strategy is best to regain our Hawd/Reserved Area and discretly assist freedom fighters in the meantime, or at least not to obstruct them?

More support and training is afforded to the TFG every day thanks to factors such as Al-Shabab and piracy while Sharif & co are most consensual, thus I'm rather optimistic. What worry me is Sland imbroglio; this democratic farce where the executive appoints the judiciary and terms are self-extended is not propitious to badly needed creation of livelihoods, specially with self-serving af-mishaars at the helm who can not be bothered to put even the basics such as oxygen bars at the nearby Hargeysa Hospital over the last two decades. Thanks to that nefarious culture of "recognition first", nothing has been done in vital areas such as road safety, which hardly needs much resources (though the budget has increased significantly lately)...yet, our most precious asset should precisely have been a committed and visionary leadership. As for Puntland, their internal security troubles need to be dealth with but that would hardly threaten the local consensus, while the self-determination struggle in Somali Galbeed is a work in progress and the fact that no major political force is putting ethnic federalism into question at the upcoming "elections" is in itself some sort of progress. Finally, the quite noticeable dilution of social norms, particularly in the great cities such as Hargeysa (but also Bossaso etc), should be addressed and acculturating influences halted (cultural liberation should be fought at home as well as in our strategic Hawd in Somali Galbeed)...

Originally posted by General Duke: People usually think I am crazy, weird, kind, loving an intellectual with depth, a rebel without a cause and a fundamentalist cleric all at the same time. we may then be related Duke... Else, people don't know I may beat Duke on Gran-Turismo, run faster than North, refute Ngonge "it's all about clans" thesis, while at the same time baking the cake of her life for Ibtisam...to finally recite ajrumiyah to xiin alongside Nuune n JB for the rest, I'm just like my Sol character...

^Faarax-Brown Abu,xaad ka hadlaysaa? Ma qofbaa magaceyga wato? Hal maalin unbaan tagay,for a good 3 1/2 minutes. pullin ur legs about that episode when "shim" stalked u...

^ha ku lug go'in, Faarax-brown baa hortaa faraha ka ga gubtey! Midda kale, maad ka hartay qorshihii inaad Hargeysa iskeentid sidiiso kale; ur swahili may be put to sleep, but where is ideal

Pseudo-Islamic banking is hardly Islamic in practice in many ways; take the now in vogue Murabaha (cost-plus transaction, purchase and sale with an agreed-upon profit margin), it is not the lender's business to trade with a profit! One could have obviously bought the construction materials for his house for less if paying upfront, so this could potentially amount to nothing but disguised mortgage, which is much worse Islamically! However, instruments such as profit/loss sharing or Qard hasan may play a beneficial role in economic terms but also, more crucially, on the wider social scene by teaching and upholding a culture of mutual coperation and solidarity, unlike conventional finance promoting simultaneously a culture of quick profits & complexity, financial & economic instability , materialism & inequalities, incalculable health & environmental costs, local and global insecurity etc...

Unreported colonisation or "civilising mission", Tales of two cities? Mekele (No Somalis, Oromos and others) Mek'ele is a city and woreda in northern Ethiopia. Located in Enderta which is in the Debubawi Zone, Mek'ele is the capital of the Tigray Region and home to the headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is located some 650 kilometers north of the capital, Addis Ababa, at latitude and longitude 13°29′N 39°28′E / 13.483°N 39.467°E / 13.483; 39.467 with an elevation of 2084 meters above sea level. Mek'ele is one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centers. Intercity bus service is provided by the Selam Bus Line Share Company. A new international standard airport, Alula Aba Nega Airport (ICAO code HAMK, IATA MQX), has been opened very recently, as well as northern Ethiopia's principal cement production facility. In May 2000, Mekelle University was created by the merger of Mekelle Business College and Mekelle University College. There are two primary local landmarks in this city. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) monument commemorating the struggle against and overthrow of the Derg, is visible from most of the city - pictured below. The other is the palace of Yohannes IV at the northern edge of Mek'ele. It was built at the Emperor's command by Giacomo Naretti, who had served Yohannes already at Debre Tabor, with the assistance of William Schimper, and completed in 1884.[1] The complex still stands and now serves as a museum, where the Emperor’s throne, royal bed, ceremonial dress, rifles and many other valuable historical collections can be seen. Other notable landmarks include the churches Enda GabirEnda Yesus Mek'ele Bete Mengist, Mek'ele Iyesus Bete Kristiyan, Mek'ele Maryam Bete Kristiyan, Mek'ele Selassie Bete Kristiyan, and Mek'ele Tekle Haymanot Bete Kristiyan. Trans Ethiopia is the local soccer team. A local market has been held every Monday since at least 1890. Jigjiga(Hawd, just outside Hargeysa, declared capital of the large "Ethiopian Somali region") Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, Jijiga has an estimated total population of 98,076 of whom 50,355 are men and 47,721 are women.[12] The 1997 census reported this town had a total population of 65,795 of whom 33,266 were men and 32,529 women. The four largest ethnic groups reported in this town were the Somali (61.58%), the Amhara (23.25%), the Oromo (7.32%), and the Gurage (4.37%); all other ethnic groups made up 3.48% of the population.[13] This city is the largest settlement in Jijiga woreda.

Why people are so opiniated and emotional about serious issues they know little about? Are not Muslims supposed to be very careful about each and ever utterance? Else, we had our last Nintendo Gameboy stolen in Hargeysa 96, have you ever noticed someone playing with that in those times? I've seen something like that when in a bus but did not bother at that time. Why are Somalis of all ages so dishonest? can't count the number of games stolen and I remember wasting my time and summer planning on how to get justice done and recover some from "friends/comrades"...

Is it because of negative individual experiences in the Gulf, Arab promotion of Somali unity and sheer envy that Somalis, of all people, criticise Arab countries? All the reasons given here could be summarized as this: -Joining the Arab League did not have any effect on Somalis -Arab military aid was insufficient and their aid was misused. In the first case, why then on earth complain about joining all the powers in both Africa (Egypt, Lybia, Algeria etc) and Asia when we were most vulnerable, abondoned even by the Soviets? Concerning corruption, how could Arab aid be spared when even billions borrowed from both the West and the Communists were squandered, and we are supposed to repay their interests for a long time? How many countries were willing to provide us with decent fighter jets and their fuel free of charge, including our so-called "allies" or historical relations? To sum it up with the Basics, since we enjoy debating with more emotion than rational thinking and facts: -Arab allies have always supported us in our most critical moments despite numerous challenges; eg Egypt support during colonial oppression, Iraqi military rations in 77, Saudi food and doctors in 91, Yemeni, Sudanese or Syrian "open doors" policy etc.Indeed, Infinite instances of unprecedented generosity could be cited, like a Sudanese humanitarian gift of $6 millions in the 90s, endless scholarships, Qatari intervention at the UN security council during the 2006 Ethiopian invasion, Arab Medias coverage of Somalis plight both in Somalia and Somali Galbeed, assistance to freedom fighters in Somali Galbeed etc -Somalis strategic interests as well as security concerns (Galbeed and NFD freedom) and Arabs' ones totally converge (to state the most obvious). -Somali economic progress is closely linked with our relations with countries such as Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and even Yemen; Somalis businesses already thrive in places like Dubai and use it as a platform. -Any foreign cooperation and relation would centers around places like Khartoum, Doha, Cairo or even Djibouti for that matter; no other country face exactely the same threats/challenges in every aspect or have similar ties with us (let alone any natural sympathy) -Most crucially, Anti-Arab propaganda is a favorite theme for neo-colonialists and their local secular allies since Arab culture and Arabic could bring the masses closer to Islam...